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HSK
to emphasize (a statement) / to stress
HSK 3
big and strong; formidable; powerful
HSK 3
staunch / strong
HSK 3
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
HSK 3
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 compel / to force
HSK 5
to increase / to strengthen
HSK 5
strong; intense
HSK 3
strength / intensity / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to strengthen / to intensify
HSK 6
tough / unyielding / hard-line
HSK 7-9
strong / sturdy / robust
HSK 6
strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive
HSK 6
tenacious / hard to defeat
HSK 6
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
(vaccine) booster shot
to rob (with force) / bandit / robber / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
key strength / strong suit / specialty
HSK 7-9
stubborn; obstinate; unbending
HSK 7-9
rich and powerful
HSK 7-9
strong and healthy / fit
strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure
strong / powerful / robust
HSK 7-9
heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm
Johnson & Johnson
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
prosperous country with military might
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
world power
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
to keep fit and healthy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *强* | 强* | *强
variant of 強|强
HSK 3
to do sth by force / Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2]
HSK 7-9
atmospheric pressure
(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.)
to occupy by force
HSK 7-9
to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
firm; unyielding
to show off / to try to be brave
HSK 7-9
Li Keqiang (1955–2023), PRC politician, premier 2013–2023
quarterfinals
(computing) augmented reality; AR
not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
the Great Powers (history)
to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough
HSK 7-9
eager to be first
forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
Logger Vick (Boonie Bears character) / nickname for bald people
(ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)
powerful country / great power
lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force
to oppose strongly / violently opposed to
to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
HSK 7-9
unyielding attitude
strong and vigorous / sturdy / robust
to tighten control (over sth)
(idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
to strive unremittingly / self-improvement
HSK 7-9
competent / capable
superglue
to press into service / to impress / to commandeer
to force; to compel; to coerce / forced; compulsory / Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
HSK 7-9
to force someone to do something
powerful
eager to excel / eager to get ahead in life / strong-minded
HSK 7-9
tough adversaries make you stronger
resilient / tough and strong
successful career woman / able woman
lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better / to pull one's socks up
(military) to take by storm
to achieve with difficulty / only just up to the task / barely adequate
to insist on; to demand; to impose
Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
(sports) top eight / quarterfinals
pressure (physics)
powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震
to impose / to force upon
HSK 7-9
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
(idiom) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger
young and vigorous (idiom)
sturdy
hadron (particle physics)
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
to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully / also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱
highly skilled in martial arts
strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
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
tough position
the top four
semifinals
to rape

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