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硬
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Definitions
- 1. hard; stiff; solid
- 2. (fig.) strong; firm
- 3. resolutely; uncompromisingly
- 4. laboriously; with great difficulty
- 5. good (quality); able (person)
- 6. (of food) filling; substantial
Example Sentences
1 shown這張床 硬 硬 的。
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Words Containing 硬
(of a bird) to fledge
to pressure
to drag sb along against his will
unyielding attitude
bony fishes
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
coin
Taiwan pr. [yìng āo]
(computing) solid-state drive (SSD)
firmly set on doing sth
hardware
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
reluctant to admit a mistake
firm
hardness
stiff
software and hardware
(computing) to hard code; hard-coded
to hard-boil (eggs)
man of steel
very hard
hard power (i.e. military and economic power)
hardline faction
atherosclerosis
rigid
stearic acid
to yield to force
injury
cirrhosis
hard drive
hard target
hard
see 刀子嘴，豆腐心[dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn]
hard drive
susceptible to force but not persuasion
to freeze solid
hard
hardwood
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
anhydrite CaSO4
tough
to learn by rote
coin-operated
hardcore
unmoved by force or persuasion
to stiffen
hard water
sturdy
hardening of the arteries
collar
strong
stiff; rigid
to force feed
(bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
cardboard; stiff paper
tough position
hard seat (on trains)
stiff
to meet force with force
to harden
hardware platform
harden
to fire (pottery)
jadeite
staunchly honest
multiple sclerosis
(computer) hardware
to have perfect mastery of sth
sports coupé (car)
hard-hearted; unfeeling; callous
frozen solid
nut
stiff
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
to have a hard landing (economy)
to shove
hard seat (on trains or boats)
to proceed tenaciously in spite of obstacles
hard disk
to coax and pester (idiom)
strongly-worded
to get tough
to brace oneself to do sth
to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
hard candy
to starch
just
to use force
to endure with all one's will
robust
organza (fabric)
resolute individual
hard-line
coin blank
crust
(esp. of an actor) strong
calcium stearate
hard disk
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
atherosclerosis
use both carrot and stick
atherosclerosis