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坚韧

jiān rèn

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 堅韌

What 坚韧 means

1. tough and durable
2. tenacious

The characters in 坚韧

• 坚jiānstrong; solid; firm
• 韧rènannealed; pliable but strong; tough

Example sentences

• 学好一门外语需要坚韧不拔的毅力。
  Xuéhǎo yī mén wàiyǔ xūyào jiānrènbùbá de yìlì.
  Mastering a foreign language involves a lot of patience.
• 猎人们用坚韧的绳网把野生动物捉住了。
  Lièrén men yòng jiānrèn de shéng wǎng bǎ yěshēngdòngwù zhuōzhù le.
  The hunters captured the wild animal with a strong rope net.

Words starting with 坚韧

• 坚韧不拔jiān rèn bù báfirm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding

Sounds the same

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

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