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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 生硬 [shēngyìng]
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1.
adjective
[不自然]
unnatural
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2.
adjective
[不柔和]
rigid
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1.
adjective
[不自然]
unnatural
Examples
- 态度生硬
- be stiff in manner → 生硬
- 他的出发点是好的，但态度生硬了点。 → 生硬
- 管卡压这种计划经济时代的生硬手段早就该废除。
- The inflexible approach of the time of planned economy, which was controlling, blocking and suppressing, should have been abandoned already. → 管卡压
- 态度生硬。 → 生硬
- 动作很生硬 → 生硬
- 他的外语说得很生硬。 → 生硬
- 态度生硬。 → 态度
- 他的话没有错,只是态度生硬了点儿。 → 只是
- to resort to harsh measure
- 采取生硬措施 → resort
- He talked in a hard and cold voice to me.
- 他用一种生硬冰冷的口气与我谈话。 → hard
Collocations
- 用词生硬
- unnatural wording
- 生硬地模仿
- to imitate something unnaturally
- 非常生硬
- rigid
- 态度生硬
- a rigid attitude
- 方法生硬
- an inflexible method
- 生硬的说教
- to preach stiffly
- 生硬死板
- stiff
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