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 钢铁 鋼鐵 gāng tiě steel syn 硬汉 硬漢 yìng hàn man of steel / unyielding, tough guy syn 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth / to steel oneself to a task syn 手无寸铁 手無寸鐵 shǒu wú cùn tiě lit. not an inch of steel (idiom) / unarmed and defenseless syn 钢丝 鋼絲 gāng sī steel wire / tightrope 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 钢管 鋼管 gāng guǎn steel pipe / pole (in pole dancing) 磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn 钢筋 鋼筋 gāng jīn steel reinforcing bar syn 钢板 鋼板 gāng bǎn steel plate syn 不锈钢 不鏽鋼 bù xiù gāng stainless steel 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 卡内基 卡內基 kǎ nèi jī Carnegie (name) / Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scots American steel millionaire and philanthropist 钢材 鋼材 gāng cái steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc syn 铁棒 鐵棒 tiě bàng iron club / steel rod syn 钢条 鋼條 gāng tiáo steel bar 炼钢 煉鋼 liàn gāng to make steel / steelmaking 钢珠 鋼珠 gāng zhū steel ball / bearing ball syn 钢刀 鋼刀 gāng dāo steel knife / sword 钢丝绳 鋼絲繩 gāng sī shéng hawser / steel rope syn 钢缆 鋼纜 gāng lǎn steel cable / wire cable / steel hawser syn 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 钢轨 鋼軌 gāng guǐ steel rail 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 钢梁 鋼梁 gāng liáng steel beam / girder 宝钢 寶鋼 bǎo gāng Baosteel, Chinese steel maker formed in a 1998 merger, then merged to form Baowu 寶武鋼鐵|宝武钢铁[Bao3 wu3 Gang1 tie3] in 2016 移动硬盘 移動硬盤 yí dòng yìng pán portable hard drive / external hard drive 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 钢制 鋼製 gāng zhì made of steel / steel (bar, screw, product etc) 钢铁工业 鋼鐵工業 gāng tiě gōng yè steel industry 废钢 廢鋼 fèi gāng scrap metal / steel scrap 碳钢 tàn gāng carbon steel 钢铁厂 鋼鐵廠 gāng tiě chǎng iron and steel works / steelworks 宝钢集团 寶鋼集團 bǎo gāng jí tuán Baosteel, China's largest steel maker 槽钢 槽鋼 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar 钢坯 鋼坯 gāng pī billet (steel industry) 轧机 軋機 zhá jī steel rolling mill syn 轧钢 軋鋼 zhá gāng to roll steel (into sheets or bars) syn 轧制 軋製 zhá zhì rolling steel 马口铁 馬口鐵 mǎ kǒu tiě tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel) syn 恨铁不成钢 恨鐵不成鋼 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations syn 炼钢厂 煉鋼廠 liàn gāng chǎng steel mill 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 轧钢厂 軋鋼廠 zhá gāng chǎng a steel rolling mill 钢 鋼 gāng steel syn 轧 軋 zhá to roll (steel) syn 横心 橫心 héng xīn to steel oneself / to harden one's heart 钢花 鋼花 gāng huā spray (or sparks) of molten steel 百炼成钢 百煉成鋼 bǎi liàn chéng gāng to be tempered into a steel syn 钢钎 鋼鐱 gāng qiān (mining) drill rod / drill steel 轧钢机 軋鋼機 zhá gāng jī a steel rolling mill 锟 錕 kūn steel sword 镔 鑌 bīn fine steel 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 操劳 操勞 cāo láo to work hard / to look after syn 苦工 kǔ gōng hard labor (in penal code) / coolie syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 安全帽 ān quán mào safety helmet / hard hat / CL:頂|顶[ding3] 紧逼 緊逼 jǐn bī to press hard / to close in on syn 