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  *累* | 累* | *累
tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard
HSK 1
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  *背* | 背* | *背
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / (slang) unlucky / hard of hearing
HSK 2
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive / hard-working; conscientious
HSK 2
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  *刚* | 刚* | *刚
hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly
HSK 2
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  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
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  *紧* | 紧* | *紧
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
HSK 3
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  *板* | 板* | *板
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL: 塊|块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
HSK 3
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  *整* | 整* | *整
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat / (bound form) to put in order; to straighten / (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
HSK 3
to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive)
HSK 3
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  *困* | 困* | *困
to trap / to surround / hard-pressed / stranded / destitute
HSK 3
heavy / hard / serious / critical
HSK 4
firm / firmly / hard / stable
HSK 4
hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably
HSK 4
difficult / hard / arduous
HSK 5
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
HSK 5
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  *硬* | 硬* | *硬
hard; stiff; solid / (fig.) strong; firm / resolutely; uncompromisingly / laboriously; with great difficulty / good (quality); able (person) / (of food) filling; substantial
HSK 5
difficult / hard / challenging
HSK 5
exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
HSK 5
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
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  *挨* | 挨* | *挨
to suffer; to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
HSK 6
tenacious / hard to defeat
HSK 6
unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
HSK 6
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents
HSK 7-9
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
HSK 7-9
hard disk
HSK 7-9
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  *槽* | 槽* | *槽
trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive
HSK 7-9
bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
HSK 7-9
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  *磕* | 磕* | *磕
to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
HSK 7-9
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
HSK 7-9
to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
HSK 7-9
to work hard / to look after
HSK 7-9
hard / solid
HSK 7-9
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
HSK 7-9
tough / unyielding / hard-line
HSK 7-9
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]
HSK 7-9
(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
HSK 7-9
to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short
HSK 7-9
poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed
HSK 7-9
hard to take / embarrassed
HSK 7-9
to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly
HSK 7-9
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  *涩* | 涩* | *涩
astringent / tart / acerbity / unsmooth / rough (surface) / hard to understand / obscure
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  *固* | 固* | *固
hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly
(fig.) sweat and toil; hard work
a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
(attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed / paper quality
locomotive; train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with; to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn!; crap!
iron rod / zealous / die-hard
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  *辛* | 辛* | *辛
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
mechanics / to study hard
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拮* | 拮* | *拮
antagonistic / laboring hard / pressed
(magnetic) computer disk (hard disk or floppy)
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  *钰* | 钰* | *钰
treasure / hard metal
(of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
to make an effort / to push for sth / to work hard
hard water
to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive)
to work hard / to try to make a living
to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking
to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely
hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated
lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
hard lot / bitter fate / unfortunate
hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc)
to work hard without complaint (idiom)
very hard
rigid / inflexible / hard (drug)
hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve
crust; hard shell
to be puzzled / hard to understand / unintelligible / incomprehensible
to toil / hard work
hard seat (on trains or boats)
hard fighting / fierce battle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镂* | 镂* | *镂
to engrave / to carve / hard steel
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life
to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard
hard-earned capital
to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance
(of pain or hardship) hard to bear
to press hard / to close in on
lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
extremely difficult / hard and dangerous / challenging
lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
hard pressed for money; in financial straits
to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
to work hard / to toil
hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
to show off one's cleverness / (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by
lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other
blurred / hard to make out distinctly
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  *艰* | 艰* | *艰
difficult / hard / hardship
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
hard to fathom
to overdose on supplementary medicine / to cram too hard
to feet the feet perfectly / to follow closely / hard on sb's heels

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