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hardworking (taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly, see also: industrious) adjective [UK: hɑːd.ˈwɜːkɪŋ] [US: ˈhɑːr.ˌdwərkɪŋ] | 勤奮adjective 勤苦 /qínkǔ/adjective 用功 /yònggōng/adjective 耐劳 /nàiláo/adjective 耐勞adjective |
between a rock and a hard place (having the choice between two unpleasant options) preposition | 进退两难 /jìntuìliǎngnán/preposition 進退兩難preposition |
blowhard (person who talks too much or too loudly) noun [UK: bləʊ hɑːd] [US: ˈbloʊ ˈhɑːrd] | 吹牛大王noun |
chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla) noun [UK: tʃɑːd] [US: ˈtʃɑːrd] | 牛皮菜 /niúpícài/noun 猪乸菜 /zhūnǎcài/noun 莙薘菜 /tǐngdácài/noun 葉用甜菜noun 豬乸菜noun |
Chardonnay (grape) noun [UK: tʃarˈdɑː.ne] [US: tʃarˈdɑː.ne] | 夏敦埃 /Xiàdūn'āi/noun 莎当妮 /Shādāngnī/noun 莎當妮noun 霞多丽 /Xiáduōlì/noun 霞多麗noun |
Chardzhou (former name of Türkmenabat) proper noun | 查尔朱 /Chá'ěrzhū/proper noun 查爾朱proper noun |
common pochard (Aythya ferina) noun | |
give someone a hard time (cause difficulty or make trouble for someone) verb | 为难 /wéinán/verb 為難verb 給……帶來麻煩verb |
give someone a hard time (tease, kid or rib someone) verb | 取笑 /qǔxiào/verb 戏弄 /xìnòng/verb 戲弄verb 欺負verb 欺负 /qīfù/verb |
learn the hard way (learn by experiencing the consequences of making mistakes) verb [UK: lɜːn ðə hɑːd ˈweɪ] [US: ˈlɝːn ðə ˈhɑːrd ˈweɪ] | 艰难地学到某事verb 艱難地學到某事verb 通过艰难困苦而学到verb 通過艱難困苦而學到verb |
old habits die hard (established habits are difficult to change) phrase | 死性不改 /sǐxìngbùgǎi/phrase |
orchard [orchards] (land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees) noun [UK: ˈɔː.tʃəd] [US: ˈɔːr.tʃərd] | 果园 /guǒyuán/noun 果園noun |
orchard [orchards] (the trees in an orchard) noun [UK: ˈɔː.tʃəd] [US: ˈɔːr.tʃərd] | 果树 /guǒshù/noun 果樹noun |