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中坚

zhōng jiān

2-character word Traditional 中堅

What 中坚 means

1. core
2. nucleus
3. backbone

The characters in 中坚

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 坚jiānstrong; solid; firm

Example sentences

• 如果没有我过去16年最好的朋友、我们家庭的中坚、我生命中的挚爱，我今天晚上不可能站在这里，美国下一位第一夫人米歇尔-奥巴马。
  Rúguǒ méiyǒu wǒ guòqù 16 nián zuì hǎo de péngyou, wǒmen jiātíng de zhōngjiān, wǒ shēngmìng zhōng de zhì'ài, wǒ jīntiān wǎnshang bù kěnéng zhàn zài zhèlǐ, Měiguó xià yī wèi dìyīfūrén Mǐxiē'ěr - àobāmǎ.
  And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.

Sounds the same

Read zhōng jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 中间the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime