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 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 目录 目錄 mù lù catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents syn 复制 複製 fù zhì to duplicate / to make a copy of / to copy / to reproduce / to clone 分配 fēn pèi to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive) syn 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) syn 难得 難得 nán dé seldom / rare / hard to come by syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult / hard / challenging syn 模仿 mó fǎng to imitate / to copy / to emulate / to mimic / model syn 难免 難免 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably syn 艰苦 艱苦 jiān kǔ difficult / hard / arduous syn 力争 力爭 lì zhēng to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly syn 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 顽强 頑強 wán qiáng tenacious / hard to defeat syn 坚固 堅固 jiān gù firm / firmly / hard / stable syn 坚硬 堅硬 jiān yìng hard / solid syn 难堪 難堪 nán kān hard to take / embarrassed syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 文案 wén àn (newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary / clerk 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 受罪 shòu zuì to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance syn 闭塞 閉塞 bì sè to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking syn 争气 爭氣 zhēng qì to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short syn 血汗钱 血汗錢 xuè hàn qián hard-earned money syn 操劳 操勞 cāo láo to work hard / to look after syn 硬笔 硬筆 yìng bǐ generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other syn 苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom) / the hard times are over, the good times just beginning syn 千锤百炼 千錘百鍊 qiān chuí bǎi liàn after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life syn 留底 liú dǐ to keep a copy / copy kept for archiving / to put aside a portion (of a money sum) syn 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 摹写 摹寫 mó xiě to trace over / to copy (a calligraphy model) / facsimile / (fig.) to depict / to portray syn 刚 剛 gāng hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly syn 背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing 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 硬 yìng hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial syn 累 lèi tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard syn 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately syn 挨 ái to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle 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 磕 kē to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) syn 孤军奋战 孤軍奮戰 gū jūn fèn zhàn lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support syn 手头紧 手頭緊 shǒu tóu jǐn short of money / hard up syn 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) syn 硬盘 硬盤 yìng pán hard disk 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn 抄袭 抄襲 chāo xí to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy syn 拷贝 拷貝 kǎo bèi copy / to copy (loanword) syn 苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously / persistently / hard / painful 副本 fù běn copy / duplicate / transcript / (in online games) instance syn 快照 kuài zhào (photography) snapshot / (computing) snapshot / cached copy 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 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 疑难 疑難 yí nán hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated syn 原件 yuán jiàn the original / original document / master copy 强硬 強硬 qiáng yìng tough / unyielding / hard-line syn 力学 力學 lì xué mechanics / to study hard 迷离 迷離 mí lí blurred / hard to make out distinctly syn 难以置信 難以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn (idiom) hard to believe / incredible syn 应声 應聲 yìng shēng an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot syn 硬座 yìng zuò hard seat (on trains or boats) 硬卧 硬臥 yìng wò hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk) 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 不可多得 bù kě duō dé hard to come by / rare syn 奋战 奮戰 fèn zhàn to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard syn 力图 力圖 lì tú to try hard to / to strive to 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 无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn 难保 難保 nán bǎo hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve syn 金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze 硬碟 yìng dié (Tw) hard disk / hard drive 翻版 fān bǎn to reprint / reproduction / pirate copy / (fig.) imitation / carbon copy / clone 打拼 dǎ pīn to work hard / to try to make a living 难解 難解 nán jiě hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo 手软 手軟 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice syn 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 苦战 苦戰 kǔ zhàn bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 铁杆 鐵桿 tiě gǎn iron rod / zealous / die-hard 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy syn 仿制 仿製 fǎng zhì to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model 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 费解 費解 fèi jiě to be puzzled / hard to understand / unintelligible / incomprehensible syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 硬性 yìng xìng rigid / inflexible / hard (drug) syn 照搬 zhào bān to copy / to imitate syn 正本 zhèng běn original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book) syn 死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard syn 难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult / demanding / troublesome / unreasonable / hard to deal with 刁难 刁難 diāo nàn to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2] 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 转录 轉錄 zhuǎn lù transcription / to make a copy of a recording 苦力 kǔ lì bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times syn 恶战 惡戰 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle syn 苦命 kǔ mìng hard lot / bitter fate / unfortunate syn 