强硬 (強硬)
qiáng yìng
Pinyin

Definition

强硬 (強硬)
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qiáng yìng
  1. tough
  2. unyielding
  3. hard-line

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

硬
yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 stiff
  3. 3 strong
  4. 4 firm
  5. 5 resolutely
  6. 6 doggedly
  7. 7 good (quality)
  8. 8 able (person)
僵硬
jiāng yìng
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 rigid
嘴硬
zuǐ yìng
  1. 1 reluctant to admit a mistake
坚硬
jiān yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 solid
强硬
qiáng yìng
  1. 1 tough
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 hard-line

Idioms (3)

吃软不吃硬
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
  1. 1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
  2. 2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole
霸王硬上弓
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng
  1. 1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to rape

Sample Sentences

不强硬，怎么戒得掉网瘾？唉，我发现你这个人真奇怪，尽说风凉话。他不是你儿子啊？
bù qiángyìng ，zěnme jiè de diào wǎngyǐn ？āi ，wǒ fāxiàn nǐ zhè ge rén zhēn qíguài ，jìn shuō fēngliánghuà 。tā bù shì nǐ érzi a ？
If we don't do something pretty hard-line, how can we get him to kick his web addiction? Ah, I think you're a little strange, making all these glib, carefree comments. Isn't he your son, too?
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劝感觉更加“软”，不强硬。而且“说服”一般是已经成功，“劝”不一定成功。
quàn gǎnjué gèngjiā “ruǎn ”，bù qiángyìng 。érqiě “shuōfú ”yībān shì yǐjīng chénggōng ，“quàn ”bù yīdìng chénggōng 。
The feeling of quàn is softer and not as forceful. In addition, shuōfú usually implies that one was successful, but quàn doesn't.
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别做梦了，共和党肯定能笑到最后。很多人认为美国现在的困境都是共和党造成的。可越到这种时候就越需要强硬的总统和政策。
bié zuòmèng le ，Gònghédǎng kěndìng néng xiào dào zuìhòu 。hěn duō rén rènwéi Měiguó xiànzài de kùnjìng dōu shì Gònghédǎng zàochéng de 。kě yuè dào zhèzhǒng shíhou jiù yuè xūyào qiángyìng de zǒngtǒng hé zhèngcè 。
Dream on. The Republicans will have the last laugh. A lot of people believe that America's current predicament was created by the Republicans. But the more serious the crisis, the more you need a strong president and policy.
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