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hardware
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
hard disk
HSK 7-9
coin / CL:
HSK 7-9
robust / healthy
HSK 7-9
hard / solid
HSK 7-9
to have perfect mastery of sth / to be up to the mark
HSK 7-9
tough / unyielding / hard-line
HSK 7-9
stiff / harsh
HSK 7-9
(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
hardness
cirrhosis
stiff / rigid / inflexible / forcibly
hard water
hardwood
very hard
rigid / inflexible / hard (drug)
crust; hard shell
hard seat (on trains or boats)
injury / trauma / (fig.) glaring error / flaw / shortcoming
man of steel / unyielding, tough guy
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
to meet force with force / painstaking
stiff; rigid
to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
to endure with all one's will / to hold out / rigid / stiff
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
just / simply / stubbornly / really
reluctant to admit a mistake
sturdy / robust
to pressure / to press / to force / to compel / to push / to coerce / to urge / to impel / to bully into / to be compelled
stiff / rigid / obstinate
to drag sb along against his will / to draw a forced analogy
unmoved by force or persuasion
jadeite
hard-hearted; unfeeling; callous
hard seat (on trains)
variant of 硬邦邦
to stiffen
(computing) solid-state drive (SSD)
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
portable hard drive; external hard drive
(Tw) hard disk / hard drive
(of a bird) to fledge / (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's parents, mentor etc; to break away from the people who have supported one up to now
stearic acid / stearate
hard / erect / to be in erection
to fire (pottery)
hard power (i.e. military and economic power)
hardening of the arteries / arteriosclerosis
to force oneself upon sb (idiom) / to rape
to freeze solid / frozen stiff
atherosclerosis
to starch / to stiffen cloth with starch
hard-line / hardcore
(neologism c. 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured; to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself
frozen solid
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
hard candy
software and hardware
hardware platform
(dialect) meaty dish
(Tw) (computer) hardware
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
anhydrite CaSO4
to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to
cardboard; stiff paper
(computing) to hard code; hard-coded
calcium stearate
to get tough / to use force
to yield to force
susceptible to force but not persuasion
tough position
strongly-worded
to proceed tenaciously in spite of obstacles
deadlift
hardcore / hard core
hard drive / hard disk
atherosclerosis / hardening of the arteries
multiple sclerosis
unyielding attitude
hardline faction / hawks
coin-operated / to insert a coin
to hard-boil (eggs)
(bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
tough battle; difficult task; big challenge
to use force
to harden / (medicine) sclerosis / (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify
coin blank
(esp. of an actor) strong / capable
hard disk / hard drive
strong / sturdy / awesome
to shove
staunchly honest
nut
firm / unyielding / strong-willed
to force feed
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)

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