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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *强* | 强* | *强
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强
HSK 3
to emphasize (a statement) / to stress
HSK 3
strong; intense
HSK 3
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
HSK 3
big and strong; formidable; powerful
HSK 3
staunch / strong
HSK 3
to increase / to strengthen
HSK 5
to compel / to force
HSK 5
strength / intensity / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to rob (with force) / bandit / robber / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
strong / sturdy / robust
HSK 6
tenacious / hard to defeat
HSK 6
to strengthen / to intensify
HSK 6
strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive
HSK 6
to force; to compel; to coerce / forced; compulsory / Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
HSK 7-9
to strive unremittingly / self-improvement
HSK 7-9
to do sth by force / Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2]
HSK 7-9
to impose / to force upon
HSK 7-9
to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough
HSK 7-9
eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded
HSK 7-9
stubborn; obstinate; unbending
HSK 7-9
to show off / to try to be brave
HSK 7-9
tough / unyielding / hard-line
HSK 7-9
to occupy by force
HSK 7-9
to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
HSK 7-9
key strength / strong suit / specialty
HSK 7-9
rich and powerful
HSK 7-9
strong / powerful / robust
HSK 7-9
high current (e.g. electric)
(computing) augmented reality; AR
to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *强* | 强* | *强
surname Qiang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *强* | 强* | *强
stubborn / unyielding
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *强* | 强* | *强
to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
(politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns)
to strive for self-improvement
excellent / outstanding
intelligent and capable (idiom)
radiation intensity
(ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)
powerful country / great power
the top four
powerful
to rape
resilient / tough and strong
to be better than
strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure
tough / strong / formidable / fearsome
accent color
a powerful team (sports)
to be self-reliant
violent / to rape
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
pressure (physics)
to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
Wuqiang county in Hengshui 衡水, Hebei
strong breeze (meteorology)
power / might
Zaoqiang county in Hengshui 衡水, Hebei
the Great Powers (history)
firm; unyielding
to forcibly kiss; to kiss without consent
(military) to take by storm
Ningqiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
eager to be first
competent / capable
staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
despot / tyrant / bully
far-fetched / implausible (chain of reasoning)
to strengthen one's body; to keep fit; to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc)
to insist on; to demand; to impose
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile
powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震
powerful enemy
to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better / to pull one's socks up
strong alkali
competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others
(idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company)
strong and vigorous / sturdy / robust
to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats
sturdy
to strive for self-improvement
heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm
prime time
cardiac stimulant
to order by force / peremptory
to compel / to force
to resist (with great difficulty)
young and vigorous (idiom)
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)

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