强 (強) qiáng
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qiáng
adjective
strong; powerful
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 有力 (CC-CEDICT '強'; Guoyu '強' qiáng adj 1; Kroll 2015 '強' 1, p. 364; Mathews 1931 '強', p. 91; Unihan '強') -
qiáng
adjective
stubborn; unyielding
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 坚毅 (Guoyu '強' qiáng adj 2) -
qiǎng
verb
to strive; to make an effort
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 竭力 (Guoyu '強' qiǎng v 2; Kroll 2015 '強' qiàng, p. 364) -
qiáng
adjective
hard; solid
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 坚硬 (Guoyu '強' qiáng adj 3) -
qiáng
adjective
brutal; violent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 横暴 (Guoyu '強' qiáng adj 4; Kroll 2015 '強' 1d, p. 364; Mathews 1931 '強', p. 91) -
qiáng
adjective
superior; dominant; better
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 优越 (Guoyu '強' qiáng adj 5; Kroll 2015 '強' 1a, p. 364; Mathews 1931 '強', p. 91) -
qiáng
adjective
abundant; surplus
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '強' qiáng adj 6; Kroll 2015 '強' 2, p. 364) -
qiáng
noun
a powerful person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '強' qiáng n 1) -
qiáng
proper noun
Qiang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '強' qiáng n 2) -
qiáng
verb
to strengthen
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 加强; for example, 自强不息 'to strenghen oneself without stopping' (CCI p. 36; CC-CEDICT '自強不息'; Guoyu '自強不息'; Guoyu '強' qiáng v 1; Kroll 2015 '強' 1b, p. 364) -
jiàng
adjective
tough; tenacious; determined
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 坚韧 (Guoyu '強' jiàng adj 1; Kroll 2015 '強' 1c, p. 364) -
jiàng
adjective
stiff; rigid
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 僵硬 (Guoyu '強' jiàng adj 2) -
jiàng
adjective
stubborn; obstinate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 固执 (Guoyu '強' jiàng adj 3) -
qiǎng
verb
to force
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 迫使 (Guoyu '強' qiǎng v 1; Mathews 1931 '強', p. 91) -
jiàng
adjective
particularly; intentionally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '強' 1e, p. 364) -
jiàng
adjective
deeply; very much
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '強' 2a, p. 364)
Contained in
- 差强人意(差強人意) barely passable
- 争强较力(爭強較力) to compete for mastery
- 强生(強生) Johnson
- 富强康乐(富強康樂) prosperous, strong, healthy, and joyful
- 刚强(剛強) staunch; stubborn ; a person prone to violence ; upright and outspoken
- 强项(強項) key strength; strong suit; specialty
- 木强则折(木強則折) even strong timber can be broken; hard wood can easily snap
- 强心剂(強心劑) cardiac stimulant
- 强求(強求) to forcibly insist on; to demand
- 强梁(強梁) a bully ; violent; overbearing
- 强嘴(強嘴) to talk back ; to deny the truth; to exaggerate
- 补强(補強) to strengthen
- 拉伸强度(拉伸強度) tensile strength
- 强弱(強弱) the strong and the weak
- 集体强奸(集體強姦) gang rape
- 强中自有强中手(強中自有強中手) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger; there is always something more to learn; never be satisfied to rest on your laurels
- 强权外交(強權外交) use of military power in international politics
- 强国(強國) great power
- 断裂强度(斷裂強度) rupture strength; breaking strength
- 弱肉强食(弱肉強食) the weak are prey to the strong; predatory behavior; the law of the jungle
- 锄强扶弱(鋤強扶弱) to hinder the strong and support the weak
- 强榦弱枝(強榦弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
- 强词夺理(強詞奪理) to twist words and force logic; sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
- 强人所难(強人所難) to force someone to do something
- 恃强欺弱(恃強欺弱) to use one's strength to mistreat people; to bully
- 精明强干(精明強幹) intelligent and capable
- 强姦犯(強姦犯) rapist
- 强相互作用(強相互作用) strong interaction (in particle physics); strong force
- 强悍(強悍) fierce; valiant
- 强寇(強寇) a bandit; plunderer
- 豪强(豪強) despot; tyrant; bully
- 强硬手段(強硬手段) violent means
- 强迫症(強迫症) obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- 占强(占強) to occupy a position of strength; to hold an advantage
- 强本弱枝(強本弱枝) to strengthen the core and weaken the branches
- 强战(強戰) an intense battle
- 争强斗胜(爭強鬥勝) to battle for victory
- 强弩之末(強弩之末) an arrow at the end of its flight; spent force
- 卒强吏弱 the soldiers are strong but the officers are weak
- 大型强子对撞机(大型強子對撞機) Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- 先下手为强(先下手為強) strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term)
- 强辩到底(強辯到底) to argue endlessly; to try to have the last word
- 以弱胜强(以弱勝強) using the weak to defeat the strong; to win from a position of weakness
- 强作用(強作用) strong interaction (governing hadrons in nuclear physics)
- 争强(爭強) to contend for victory
- 逞强(逞強) to violently intimidate; to show off; to try to be brave
- 强硬态度(強硬態度) unyielding attitude
- 强迫教育(強迫教育) compulsory education
- 强行(強行) to do by force
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- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 64
- 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 61
- 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 54
- 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 37
- 卷二十五 魏四 Chapter 25: Wei IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 31
- 卷六 秦四 Chapter 6: Qin IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 29
- 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 27
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 25
- 卷二十四 魏三 Chapter 24: Wei III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 24
- 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 23
Collocations
- 钩强 (鉤強) 作為鉤強之備 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十三 魯問 Book 13 - Lu's Question — count: 9
- 众强 (眾強) 不可為富貴眾強 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 6
- 强不能 (強不能) 則眾強不能圖 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 6
- 强武 (強武) 勇力強武 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 5
- 以为强 (以為強) 彼以為強必治 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非命下 Book 9 - Anti-Fatalism III — count: 4
- 强执 (強執) 而強執此者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非命上 Book 9 - Anti-Fatalism I — count: 4
- 不畏强 (不畏強) 仇牧可謂不畏強禦矣 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 强御 (強禦) 仇牧可謂不畏強禦矣 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 毕强 (畢強) 是以股肱畢強相爲動宰乎 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 3
- 勇力强 (勇力強) 勇力強武 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 3