努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) syn 模仿 mó fǎng to imitate / to copy / to emulate / to mimic / model syn 复制 複製 fù zhì to duplicate / to make a copy of / to copy / to reproduce / to clone 一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom) / carbon copy / also pr. [yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4] syn 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 拷贝 拷貝 kǎo bèi copy / to copy (loanword) syn 副本 fù běn copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance syn 原件 yuán jiàn the original / original document / master copy 难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it syn 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 快照 kuài zhào (photography) snapshot / (computing) snapshot / cached copy 抄袭 抄襲 chāo xí to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy syn 翻版 fān bǎn to reprint / reproduction / pirate copy / (fig.) imitation / carbon copy / clone 抄写 抄寫 chāo xiě to copy / to transcribe syn 原稿 yuán gǎo manuscript / original copy syn 仿制 仿製 fǎng zhì to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model syn 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 仿造 fǎng zào to copy / to produce sth after a model / to counterfeit syn 照搬 zhào bān to copy / to imitate syn 抄本 chāo běn handwritten copy syn 转录 轉錄 zhuǎn lù transcription / to make a copy of a recording 粘贴 粘貼 zhān tiē to stick / to affix / to adhere / to paste (as in "copy and paste") / Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1] / also written 黏貼|黏贴[nian2 tie1] syn 纸质 紙質 zhǐ zhì (attributive) paper / hard-copy / printed / paper quality 应声 應聲 yìng shēng an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot syn 临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) syn 抄录 抄錄 chāo lù to make a copy of syn 仿效 仿傚 fǎng xiào to copy / to imitate syn 照抄 zhào chāo to copy word for word syn 正本 zhèng běn original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book) syn 手抄本 shǒu chāo běn manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press) 编审 編審 biān shěn to copy-edit / copy editor 复写 複寫 fù xiě to duplicate / to carbon copy 抄送 chāo sòng to make a copy (and send it to someone) / Cc (for email) / Carbon Copy (for email) syn 难解难分 難解難分 nán jiě nán fēn hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle syn 原图 原圖 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version) 移动硬盘 移動硬盤 yí dòng yìng pán portable hard drive / external hard drive 文案 wén àn (newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary / clerk 硬碟 yìng dié (Tw) hard disk / hard drive 难解 難解 nán jiě hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo 描摹 miáo mó to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray syn 依样画葫芦 依樣畫葫蘆 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality syn 积重难返 積重難返 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom) / bad old practices die hard syn 留底 liú dǐ to keep a copy / copy kept for archiving / to put aside a portion (of a money sum) syn 拓印 tà yìn stone rubbing (to copy an inscription) 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 套 tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) syn 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately syn 录 錄 lù diary / record / to hit / to copy syn 抄 chāo to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms syn 拷 kǎo to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4]) syn 描 miáo to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up syn 复本 複本 fù běn copy syn 誊写 謄寫 téng xiě to transcribe / to make a fair copy syn 誊 謄 téng to transcribe / to copy out syn 摹 mó (bound form) to imitate / to copy syn 照葫芦画瓢 照葫蘆畫瓢 zhào hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly syn 摹写 摹寫 mó xiě to trace over / to copy (a calligraphy model) / facsimile / (fig.) to depict / to portray syn 传抄 傳抄 chuán chāo to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying syn 缮写 繕寫 shàn xiě to copy / to transcribe syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 难以置信 難以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn (idiom) hard to believe / incredible syn 难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) syn 艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult / hard / challenging syn 难堪 難堪 nán kān hard to take / embarrassed syn 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn 分配 fēn pèi to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive) syn 强硬 強硬 qiáng yìng tough / unyielding / hard-line syn 硬盘 硬盤 yìng pán hard disk 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 难得 難得 nán dé seldom / rare / hard to come by syn 艰苦 艱苦 jiān kǔ difficult / hard / arduous syn 目录 目錄 mù lù catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents syn 卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand syn 坚固 堅固 jiān gù firm / firmly / hard / stable syn 难免 難免 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably syn 苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously / persistently / hard / painful 受罪 shòu zuì to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance syn 坚硬 堅硬 jiān yìng hard / solid syn 顽强 頑強 wán qiáng tenacious / hard to defeat syn 机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 难以启齿 難以啟齒 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth syn 手软 手軟 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice syn 奋战 奮戰 fèn zhàn to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard syn 苦力 kǔ lì bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times syn 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 费解 費解 fèi jiě to be puzzled / hard to understand / unintelligible / incomprehensible syn 血汗 xuè hàn (fig.) sweat and toil / hard work syn 难保 難保 nán bǎo hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve syn 刁难 刁難 diāo nàn to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2] syn 迷离 迷離 mí lí blurred / hard to make out distinctly syn 左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 争气 爭氣 zhēng qì to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short syn 磁碟 cí dié (magnetic) computer disk (hard disk or floppy) 症结 癥結 zhēng jié hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations syn 狂饮 狂飲 kuáng yǐn to drink hard syn 