坚

Traditional堅

  1. strong
  2. solid
  3. firm
  4. unyielding
  5. resolute

Related words

固gùhard固若金汤gù ruò jīn tāng(lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)坚不可摧jiān bù kě cuī(idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable坚固jiān gùfirm一口咬定yī kǒu yǎo dìngto arbitrarily assert下定决心xià dìng jué xīnto make a firm resolution不屈bù qūunyielding不屈不挠bù qū bù náounyielding

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坚持jiān chíto persevere with坚强jiān qiángstaunch坚信jiān xìnto believe firmly坚定jiān dìngfirm坚决jiān juéfirm; resolute; determined坚果jiān guǒnut坚守jiān shǒuto hold fast to坚固jiān gùfirm坚硬jiān yìnghard坚实jiān shífirm and substantial坚持不懈jiān chí bù xiè(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end坚韧jiān rèntough and durable

Characters built with 坚

铿kēngstrike, beat, stroke; jingling悭qiānmiserly, parsimonious, stingy鲣jiānskipjack, bonito

Found in idioms

坚不可摧jiān bù kě cuīindestructible; impregnable志坚行苦zhì jiān xíng kǔ阴凝坚冰yīn níng jiān bīng心坚石穿xīn jiān shí chuān无坚不摧wú jiān bù cuīinvincible; capable of destroying any stronghold穷当益坚qióng dāng yì jiānpoor but ambitious; hard-pressed but determined; the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back披坚执锐pī jiān zhí ruì履霜坚冰lǚ shuāng jiān bīng

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