坚 (堅) jiān
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jiān
adjective
hard; firm
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '堅' adj; Guoyu '堅' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '堅' 1, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112; Unihan '堅') -
jiān
adjective
strong; robust
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 强硬 (CC-CEDICT '堅' adj; Guoyu '堅' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '堅' 1, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112; Unihan '堅') -
jiān
adjective
stable; secure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '堅' 2a, p. 194) -
jiān
adverb
definitely [not]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used for emphasis before negation; for example 坚拒 staunchly refuse (Guoyu '堅' adv; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112) -
jiān
proper noun
Kirghiz people
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A historic name for the Kirghiz people of Central Asia (Kroll 2015 '堅' 3, p. 194) -
jiān
noun
armor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 盔甲 (Guoyu '堅' n 1) -
jiān
noun
military stronghold
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '堅' n 2) -
jiān
noun
core; main body
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '堅' n 3) -
jiān
proper noun
Jian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '堅' n 4) -
jiān
adjective
resolute
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '堅' 2, p. 194; Mathews 1931 '堅', p. 112; Unihan '堅')
Contained in
- 坚定(堅定) firm; steady; staunch; resolute
- 坚称(堅稱) to claim; to assert
- 坚拒(堅拒) staunchly refuse
- 坚不吐真(堅不吐真) stubbornly refuse to say the truth
- 坚戈(堅戈) Tenge
- 坚甲利兵(堅甲利兵) stiff armor and sharp weapons; well prepared
- 坚立(堅立) to firmly establish
- 坚定不移(堅定不移) firm and unchanging
- 坚强(堅強) staunch; strong
- 坚振礼(堅振禮) confirmation
- 坚决(堅決) resolute
- 坚贞不渝(堅貞不渝) unyielding integrity; unwavering
- 攻坚克难(攻堅克難) to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
- 坚持下去(堅持下去) to press on
- 坚壁清野(堅壁清野) to fortify defenses and raze the fields; to leave nothing for the invader; scorched earth policy
- 坚土(堅土) hard soil
- 坚固性(堅固性) firmness
- 坚韧(堅韌) tough and durable; tenacious
- 坚要(堅要) to insist
- 坚强不屈(堅強不屈) staunch and unyielding; steadfast
- 美利坚治世(美利堅治世) Pax Americana
- 历久弥坚(歷久彌堅) to become more resolute with the passing of time
- 坚不可摧(堅不可摧) invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable
- 乘坚策肥(乘堅策肥) to live in luxury; to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
- 坚壮(堅壯) staunch
- 坚美(堅美) resolute and beautiful
- 坚持到底(堅持到底) to persist until the end
- 钻坚仰高(鑽堅仰高) looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (from Analects); to delve deeply into one's studies
- 主不可以不坚(主不可以不堅) a ruler cannot be irresolute
- 无坚不摧(無堅不摧) no stronghold one cannot overcome; to conquer every obstacle; nothing one can't do
- 情比金坚(情比金堅) love is more solid than gold
- 坚贞(堅貞) chaste; loyal
- 坚振(堅振) confirmation
- 坚挺(堅挺) strong and upright
- 坚心(堅心) resolute
- 攻坚(攻堅) to storm fortifications; to assault fortified positions
- 坚忍(堅忍) enduring
- 坚苦卓绝(堅苦卓絕) persisting despite trials and tribulations; conspicuous determination
- 坚果(堅果) nuts ; resolute
- 坚信(堅信) to believe firmly
- 中坚(中堅) core; main body ; resolute character ; fierce soldiers
- 坚韧不拔(堅韌不拔) firm and indomitable; tenacious and unyielding
- 坚固(堅固) solid; firm; hard; stable; steadfast
- 坚苦(堅苦) determined even in the face of suffering
- 坚毅(堅毅) firm and persistent
- 坚持己意(堅持己意) stubbornly hold to one's own opinion
- 坚持(堅持) to be committed to; to persist; to be stubborn
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- 卷一百一十四 載記第十四 苻堅下 Volume 114 Records 14: Fu Jian Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 168
- 卷一百一十三 載記第十三 苻堅上 Volume 113 Records 13: Fu Jian Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 155
- 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 99
- 卷四十六 吳書一 孫破虜討逆傳 Volume 46: Book of Wu 1 - Biographies of Sun Who Destroys Barbarians, and Sun Who Attacks Rebels Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 53
- 卷九十三 列傳第八十一: 僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 45
- 卷一百〇五 列傳第五十五: 宇文融 韋堅 楊慎矜 王鉷 Volume 105 Biographies 55: Yu Wenrong, Wei Jian, Yang Shenjin, Wang Hong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 31
- 卷一百三十四 列傳第五十九 宇文韋楊王 Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yu Wen, Wei, Yang, Wang New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 30
- 第八十九回 Chapter 89 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 27
- 第六回 Chapter 6 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 27
- 第七回 Chapter 7 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 24
Collocations
- 完坚 (完堅) 取完堅 — Guanzi 管子, 度地第五十七 Chapter 57: Crossing Land — count: 5
- 坚彊 (堅彊) 堅彊而不曓 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 5
- 侯坚 (侯堅) 封商他子靖侯堅元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 4
- 坚脆 (堅脆) 堅脆之分也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 4
- 伯坚 (伯堅) 鄭伯堅卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
- 坚卒 (堅卒) 鄭伯堅卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
- 坚石 (堅石) 而任重如堅石 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 3
- 坚祸 (堅禍) 個堅禍 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
- 敌坚 (敵堅) 事大敵堅 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — count: 2
- 王坚 (王堅) 王堅使於楚 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 2