硬骨頭
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Chinese
hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm |
bone; character; personal quality | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (硬骨頭) | 硬 | 骨頭 | |
| simp. (硬骨头) | 硬 | 骨头 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yìnggǔto̊u
- Wade–Giles: ying4-ku3-tʻou5
- Yale: yìng-gǔ-tou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqguu.tou
- Palladius: ингутоу (ingutou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yìnggúto̊u
- Wade–Giles: ying4-ku2-tʻou5
- Yale: yìng-gú-tou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqgwu.tou
- Palladius: ингутоу (ingutou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaang6 gwat1 tau4
- Yale: ngaahng gwāt tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang6 gwat7 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngang6 gued1 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaːŋ²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
硬骨頭
- (figurative) strong-willed person; person of unyielding character
- (figurative) hard nut; arduous task; tough issue
- 例如進攻某一運動中之敵，打早了，暴露了自己，給了敵人以預防條件；打遲了，敵已集中駐止，變為啃硬骨頭。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Lìrú jìngōng mǒu yī yùndòng zhōng zhī dí, dǎ zǎo le, bàolù le zìjǐ, gěi le dírén yǐ yùfáng tiáojiàn; dǎ chí le, dí yǐ jízhōng zhùzhǐ, biànwéi kěn yìnggǔtou. [Pinyin]
- For example, in attacking an enemy force on the move, if we strike too early, we expose ourselves and give the enemy a chance to prepare, and if we strike too late, the enemy may have encamped and concentrated his forces, presenting us with a hard nut to crack.
例如进攻某一运动中之敌，打早了，暴露了自己，给了敌人以预防条件；打迟了，敌已集中驻止，变为啃硬骨头。 [MSC, simp.]