硬拗
yìng ào
Pinyin

Definition

硬拗
 - 
yìng ào
  1. (coll.) (Tw) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu])
  2. Taiwan pr. [yìng āo]

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
执拗
zhí niù
  1. 1 stubborn
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 pigheaded
  4. 4 Taiwan pr. [zhí ào]
坚硬
jiān yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 solid
强硬
qiáng yìng
  1. 1 tough
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 hard-line
拗
ào
  1. 1 variant of 拗[ào]
生硬
shēng yìng
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 harsh
硬件
yìng jiàn
  1. 1 hardware
硬化
yìng huà
  1. 1 to harden
  2. 2 hardening
  3. 3 sclerosis
  4. 4 fig. to become rigid or inflexible in opinions
  5. 5 to ossify
硬币
yìng bì
  1. 1 coin
  2. 2 CL:枚[méi]
硬度
yìng dù
  1. 1 hardness
硬座
yìng zuò
  1. 1 hard seat (on trains or boats)
硬撑
yìng chēng
  1. 1 to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
硬是
yìng shì
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 stubbornly
  4. 4 really
硬朗
yìng lǎng
  1. 1 robust
  2. 2 healthy
硬汉
yìng hàn
  1. 1 man of steel
  2. 2 unyielding, tough guy
硬生生
yìng shēng shēng
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 rigid
  3. 3 inflexible
  4. 4 forcibly
硬盘
yìng pán
  1. 1 hard disk
硬卧
yìng wò
  1. 1 hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)

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

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