"硬骨頭" meaning in All languages combined

See 硬骨頭 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /iŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /iŋ⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋaːŋ²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /iŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/, /iŋ⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/, /ŋaːŋ²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: yìnggǔtou [Mandarin, Pinyin], yìnggútou [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ngaang⁶ gwat¹ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yìnggǔtou [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yìnggǔto̊u [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ying⁴-ku³-tʻou⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yìng-gǔ-tou [Mandarin, Yale], yinqguu.tou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ингутоу [Mandarin, Palladius], ingutou [Mandarin, Palladius], yìnggútou [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yìnggúto̊u [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ying⁴-ku²-tʻou⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yìng-gú-tou [Mandarin, Yale], yinqgwu.tou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ngaahng gwāt tàuh [Cantonese, Yale], ngaang⁶ gwat⁷ tau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngang⁶ gued¹ teo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 硬骨头
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 硬骨頭
  1. (figurative) strong-willed person; person of unyielding character Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-硬骨頭-zh-noun-anete~xN Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (figurative) hard nut; arduous task; tough issue Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-硬骨頭-zh-noun-H8QPIzn2
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnshìzi",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “strong-willed person”",
      "word": "軟柿子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnshìzi",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “strong-willed person”",
      "word": "软柿子"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "硬骨头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "硬骨頭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strong-willed person; person of unyielding character"
      ],
      "id": "en-硬骨頭-zh-noun-anete~xN",
      "links": [
        [
          "strong-willed",
          "strong-willed"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "unyielding",
          "unyielding"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) strong-willed person; person of unyielding character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 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",
          "roman": "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.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 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",
          "roman": "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.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard nut; arduous task; tough issue"
      ],
      "id": "en-硬骨頭-zh-noun-H8QPIzn2",
      "links": [
        [
          "hard nut",
          "hard nut to crack"
        ],
        [
          "arduous",
          "arduous"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) hard nut; arduous task; tough issue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggǔtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggútou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaang⁶ gwat¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggǔtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggǔto̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying⁴-ku³-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìng-gǔ-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yinqguu.tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ингутоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ingutou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggútou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggúto̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying⁴-ku²-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìng-gú-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yinqgwu.tou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaahng gwāt tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaang⁶ gwat⁷ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngang⁶ gued¹ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːŋ²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːŋ²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "硬骨頭"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnshìzi",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “strong-willed person”",
      "word": "軟柿子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruǎnshìzi",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “strong-willed person”",
      "word": "软柿子"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 硬",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 骨",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "硬骨头",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "硬骨頭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strong-willed person; person of unyielding character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strong-willed",
          "strong-willed"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "unyielding",
          "unyielding"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) strong-willed person; person of unyielding character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 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",
          "roman": "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.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 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",
          "roman": "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.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "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。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard nut; arduous task; tough issue"
      ],
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        [
          "hard nut",
          "hard nut to crack"
        ],
        [
          "arduous",
          "arduous"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) hard nut; arduous task; tough issue"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggǔtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggútou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaang⁶ gwat¹ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggǔtou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggǔto̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying⁴-ku³-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìng-gǔ-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yinqguu.tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ингутоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ingutou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggútou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìnggúto̊u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ying⁴-ku²-tʻou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìng-gú-tou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yinqgwu.tou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaahng gwāt tàuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaang⁶ gwat⁷ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngang⁶ gued¹ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːŋ²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iŋ⁵¹ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːŋ²² kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "硬骨頭"
}

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