努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) syn 鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] syn 坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg / scoundrel / bastard syn 蛋白 dàn bái egg white / protein / albumen syn 蛋卷 dàn juǎn egg roll 蛋黄 蛋黃 dàn huáng egg yolk syn 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 春卷 春捲 chūn juǎn egg roll / spring roll 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg / egg fried on both sides 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face syn 粽子 zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled syn 水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 皮蛋 pí dàn century egg / preserved egg syn 打散 dǎ sàn to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) syn 蛋清 dàn qīng (coll.) egg white syn 白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn 摇旗呐喊 搖旗吶喊 yáo qí nà hǎn to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) / to egg sb on / to give support to syn 白开水 白開水 bái kāi shuǐ plain boiled water syn 汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival 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 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 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 彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 卵磷脂 luǎn lín zhī lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk) 煎蛋 jiān dàn fried egg 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 鸡蛋清 雞蛋清 jī dàn qīng egg white 蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) 茶叶蛋 茶葉蛋 chá yè dàn tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) 涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish) 蛋塔 dàn tǎ egg tart 种蛋 種蛋 zhǒng dàn breeding egg 松花蛋 sōng huā dàn century egg / preserved egg syn 关东煮 關東煮 guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth 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 煮蛋 zhǔ dàn boiled egg 蛋品 dàn pǐn egg products / egg-based products 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn 壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn 卵 luǎn egg / ovum / spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking syn 打蛋器 dǎ dàn qì egg beater 卵黄 卵黃 luǎn huáng egg yolk syn 坏分子 壞份子 huài fèn zǐ bad element / bad egg / troublemaker syn 水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg 埙 塤 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 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 力挽狂澜 力挽狂瀾 lì wǎn kuáng lán to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom) / fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis syn 力争 力爭 lì zhēng to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly syn 死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard syn 