1 hard

2 stiff

3 strong

4 firm

5 resolutely

6 doggedly

7 good (quality)

8 able (person)

1 coin

2 classifier: 枚 méi

1 hard disk

1 stiff

2 rigid

1 optical disc

2 compact disc

3 CD

4 CD-ROM

5 classifier: 片 piàn

6 classifier: 张 zhāng

1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)

2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion

1 a small appetizer

2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)

1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)

2 not to treat everyone equally favorably

1 to coax and pester (idiom)

2 to wheedle

3 to cajole

1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)

2 to rape