to harden; hardening; sclerosis; (fig.) to become rigid or inflexible in opinions; to ossify
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
coin; (hard) currency; specie
by brute strength; rashly and forcefully; bull-headed; to work tenaciously with no fear of hardship
hard seat (on trains or boats)
rigid; inflexible; hard (drug)
to endure with all one's will; to hold out; rigid; stiff
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
just; simply; stubbornly; really
firm; unyielding; strong-willed
man of steel; unyielding, tough guy
crust (of a solidified liquid etc)
(Tw) hard disk; hard drive
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
firmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action
to pressure; to press; to force; to compel; to push; to coerce; to urge; to impel; to bully into; to be compelled
to have a hard landing (economy)
nut; fruit with hard shell
hard power (i.e. military and economic power)
stiff; rigid; inflexible; forcibly
to meet force with force; painstaking
to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
to freeze solid; frozen stiff
reluctant to admit a mistake
tough; unyielding; hard-line
to starch; to stiffen cloth with starch
hard; erect; to be in erection
to have perfect mastery of sth; to be up to the mark
coin-operated; to insert a coin
to get tough; to use force
hardening of the arteries; arteriosclerosis
see 刀子嘴，豆腐心[dao1 zi5 zui3 , dou4 fu5 xin1]
to learn by rote; to mechanically memorize
to drag sb along against his will; to draw a forced analogy
atherosclerosis; hardening of the arteries
(of a bird) to have become fully fledged; (fig.) (of a person) to have grown up (and become independent); to be ready to spread one's wings
unmoved by force or persuasion
use both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove
(bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
atherosclerosis; hardening of the arteries
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