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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
hardware
HSK 5
hard / solid
HSK 7-9
coin / CL:
HSK 7-9
hard disk
HSK 7-9
to have perfect mastery of sth / to be up to the mark
HSK 7-9
stiff / harsh
HSK 7-9
robust / healthy
HSK 7-9
tough / unyielding / hard-line
HSK 7-9
jadeite
hardwood
hard candy
deadlift
to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to
strongly-worded
to harden / (medicine) sclerosis / (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify
organza (fabric)
very hard
hardness
stiff / rigid / inflexible / forcibly
man of steel / unyielding, tough guy
(Tw) hard disk / hard drive
to force feed
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
hardening of the arteries / arteriosclerosis
cirrhosis
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
just / simply / stubbornly / really
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
(aviation) hard landing / (economics) hard landing
hard-line / hardcore
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
stearic acid / stearate
(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
to use force
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
atherosclerosis
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
sturdy / robust
to proceed tenaciously in spite of obstacles
(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
rigid / inflexible / hard (drug)
to endure with all one's will / to hold out / rigid / stiff
crust; hard shell
to meet force with force / painstaking
collar
anhydrite CaSO4
stiff / rigid / obstinate
tough battle; difficult task; big challenge
hard seat (on trains)
to yield to force
unmoved by force or persuasion
to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize
hardline faction / hawks
hard-hearted; unfeeling; callous
to drag sb along against his will / to draw a forced analogy
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
hard drive / hard disk
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
susceptible to force but not persuasion
variant of 硬邦邦
frozen solid
hard disk / hard drive
multiple sclerosis
hard power (i.e. military and economic power)
to fire (pottery)
(computing) solid-state drive (SSD)
(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
to starch / to stiffen cloth with starch
(bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
staunchly honest
atherosclerosis / hardening of the arteries
tough position
hardware platform
injury / trauma / (fig.) glaring error / flaw / shortcoming
cardboard; stiff paper
software and hardware
to get tough / to use force
stiff; rigid
to freeze solid / frozen stiff
reluctant to admit a mistake
unyielding attitude
coin-operated / to insert a coin
to hard-boil (eggs)
coin blank
(esp. of an actor) strong / capable
hard seat (on trains or boats)
strong / sturdy / awesome
to shove
hardcore / hard core
nut
firm / unyielding / strong-willed
hard water (cf. 軟水|软水, soft water)
hard target
(computing) to hard code; hard-coded
calcium stearate
(dialect) meaty dish
hardcore (Tw)

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