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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
coin / CL:
HSK 7-9
hard disk
HSK 7-9
robust / healthy
HSK 7-9
deadlift
hardness
(Tw) hard disk / hard drive
man of steel / unyielding, tough guy
just / simply / stubbornly / really
to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to
stiff / rigid / inflexible / forcibly
hard-line / hardcore
firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action
to harden / (medicine) sclerosis / (fig.) to become inflexible in one's opinions; to ossify
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
stearic acid / stearate
to use force
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
sturdy / robust
to proceed tenaciously in spite of obstacles
rigid / inflexible / hard (drug)
to endure with all one's will / to hold out / rigid / stiff
very hard
hardwood
crust; hard shell
to meet force with force / painstaking
collar
anhydrite CaSO4
tough battle; difficult task; big challenge
hard seat (on trains)
jadeite
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)
variant of 硬邦邦
hard disk / hard drive
hard power (i.e. military and economic power)
hard candy
hardware platform
injury / trauma / (fig.) glaring error / flaw / shortcoming
cardboard; stiff paper
coin blank
(esp. of an actor) strong / capable
hard seat (on trains or boats)
strong / sturdy / awesome
(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
to shove
hardcore / hard core
staunchly honest
nut
firm / unyielding / strong-willed
hard water
to force feed
hard target
(computing) to hard code; hard-coded
calcium stearate
(dialect) meaty dish
hardcore (Tw)
to pressure / to press / to force / to compel / to push / to coerce / to urge / to impel / to bully into / to be compelled
to have a hard landing (economy)
sports coupé (car)
bony fishes / Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish)
(Tw) (computer) hardware


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