刚强
gāng qiáng
Pinyin

Definition

刚强
 - 
gāng qiáng
  1. firm
  2. unyielding

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刚
gāng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 firm
  3. 3 strong
  4. 4 just
  5. 5 barely
  6. 6 exactly
刚刚
gāng gang
  1. 1 just recently
  2. 2 just a moment ago
刚才
gāng cái
  1. 1 just now
  2. 2 a moment ago
刚才
gāng cái
  1. 1 (just) a moment ago
坚强
jiān qiáng
  1. 1 staunch
  2. 2 strong
强
Qiáng
  1. 1 surname Qiang
倔强
jué jiàng
  1. 1 stubborn
  2. 2 obstinate
  3. 3 unbending
刚好
gāng hǎo
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 exactly
  3. 3 to happen to be
加强
jiā qiáng
  1. 1 to reinforce
  2. 2 to strengthen
  3. 3 to increase
勉强
miǎn qiǎng
  1. 1 to do with difficulty
  2. 2 to force sb to do sth
  3. 3 reluctant
  4. 4 barely enough
增强
zēng qiáng
  1. 1 to increase
  2. 2 to strengthen
强人
qiáng rén
  1. 1 (politics) strongman
  2. 2 (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person
  3. 3 (old) robber
强制
qiáng zhì
  1. 1 to enforce
  2. 2 enforcement
  3. 3 forcibly
  4. 4 compulsory
强力
qiáng lì
  1. 1 powerful
强劲
qiáng jìng
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 powerful
  3. 3 robust
强势
qiáng shì
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 powerful
  3. 3 (linguistics) emphatic
  4. 4 intensive
强化
qiáng huà
  1. 1 to strengthen
  2. 2 to intensify
强壮
qiáng zhuàng
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 sturdy
  3. 3 robust
强大
qiáng dà
  1. 1 large
  2. 2 formidable
  3. 3 powerful
  4. 4 strong
强奸
qiáng jiān
  1. 1 to rape

Idioms (20)

不畏强暴
bù wèi qiáng bào
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
不畏强权
bù wèi qiáng quán
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
以弱胜强
yǐ ruò shèng qiáng
  1. 1 using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
以强凌弱
yǐ qiáng líng ruò
  1. 1 to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
以柔克刚
yǐ róu kè gāng
  1. 1 to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
先下手为强
xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng
  1. 1 strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.
兵强马壮
bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a well-trained and powerful army
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
刚柔并济
gāng róu bìng jì
  1. 1 to couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
  1. 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
坚强不屈
jiān qiáng bù qū
  1. 1 staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
富国强兵
fù guó qiáng bīng
  1. 1 lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
  2. 2 Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
差强人意
chā qiáng rén yì
  1. 1 (idiom) just passable
  2. 2 barely satisfactory
年富力强
nián fù lì qiáng
  1. 1 young and vigorous (idiom)
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
  1. 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
  2. 2 the law of the jungle
强中自有强中手
qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu
  1. 1 however strong you are, there is always someone stronger (idiom)
  2. 2 there is always sth more to learn
  3. 3 never be satisfied to rest on your laurels
  4. 4 there is no room for complacency
强将手下无弱兵
qiáng jiàng shǒu xià wú ruò bīng
  1. 1 there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
强弩之末
qiáng nǔ zhī mò
  1. 1 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. spent force
强忍悲痛
qiáng rěn bēi tòng
  1. 1 to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)

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