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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
(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
hardness
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
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
to meet force with force / painstaking
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
variant of 硬邦邦
just / simply / stubbornly / really
sturdy / robust
to pressure / to press / to force / to compel / to push / to coerce / to urge / to impel / to bully into / to be compelled
jadeite
hard seat (on trains)
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
(Tw) hard disk / hard drive
stearic acid / stearate
hard power (i.e. military and economic power)
hard-line / hardcore
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
hard candy
hardware platform
(dialect) meaty dish
(Tw) (computer) hardware
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 proceed tenaciously in spite of obstacles
deadlift
hardcore / hard core
hard drive / hard disk
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
hard target
hardcore (Tw)
to have a hard landing (economy)
sports coupé (car)
collar
bony fishes / Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish)


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