扎实 (扎實)
zhā shi
Pinyin

Definition

扎实 (扎實)
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zhā shi
  1. strong
  2. solid
  3. sturdy
  4. firm
  5. practical
扎实 (紮實)
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zhá shi
  1. see 扎實|扎实[zhā shi]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

扎
zhā
  1. 1 to prick
  2. 2 to run or stick (a needle etc) into
  3. 3 jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)
挣扎
zhēng zhá
  1. 1 to struggle
包扎
bāo zā
  1. 1 variant: 包扎 bāo zā
卡扎菲
Kǎ zhā fēi
  1. 1 (Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
安营扎寨
ān yíng zhā zhài
  1. 1 to set up camp
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [ān yíng zhá zhài]

Idioms (1)

垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
  1. 1 deathbed struggle
  2. 2 final struggle (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他倒是三个人里最正规的科班出身。从小习武，拿过好几届全国冠军，功底特别扎实。
tā dàoshì sān gè rén lǐ zuì zhèngguī de kēbānchūshēn 。cóngxiǎo xíwǔ ，ná guò hǎojǐ jiè quánguó guànjūn ，gōngdǐ tèbié zhāshi 。
To this day I remember his movie ''Shaolin Temple." He used his hands, feet, and knives like a true master. But it seems like he's not as influential overseas as Jackie Chan.
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不过话说回来，“书到用时方恨少”，如今在报社工作，我还是很感谢当年拼命阅读背诵打下的扎实基本功的。教育制度的改变并非一朝一夕，不过和其他制度一样，总会与时俱进的。
bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，“shū dào yòng shí fāng hèn shǎo ”，rújīn zài bàoshè gōngzuò ，wǒ háishì hěn gǎnxiè dāngnián pīnmìng yuèdú bèisòng dǎxià de zhāshi jīběngōng de 。jiāoyùzhìdù de gǎibiàn bìngfēi yīcháoyīxī ，bùguò hé qítā zhìdù yīyàng ，zǒng huì yǔshíjūjìn de 。
That said, it's only when you make use of your knowledge that you wish you'd learned more. Now I'm working for a newspaper, I'm really grateful for all that reading and learning off by heart I did back in the day to give myself a good basic knowledge. Changing the education system doesn't happen overnight, but rather, like other systems, it progresses over time.
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是啊，上本地学校吧，怕管得太死，孩子的创新能力被扼杀，英文可能会退化，上国际学校吧，又怕学得不扎实，特别是怕中文学不好。
shì a ，shàng běndì xuéxiào ba ，pà guǎn de tài sǐ ，háizi de chuàngxīn nénglì bèi èshā ，Yīngwén kěnéng huì tuìhuà ，shàng guójì xuéxiào ba ，yòu pà xué de bù zhāshi ，tèbié shì pà zhōngwén xuébuhǎo 。
Yeah. If I chose a local school, I'm afraid they'd be too strict. It might smother his creative ability and his English might get worse. At an international school though, I'd be worried they wouldn't offer enough of a solid education. I'm also particularly worried that he wouldn't learn Chinese well.
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