硬骨頭
Chinese edit
hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm |
bone; character; personal quality | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (硬骨頭) | 硬 | 骨頭 | |
simp. (硬骨头) | 硬 | 骨头 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
硬骨頭
- (figurative) strong-willed person; person of unyielding character
- (figurative) hard nut; arduous task; tough issue
- 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。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 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
- 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. [Pinyin]
- 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.
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。 [MSC, simp.]