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坚韧

jiānrèn
adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Tough and durable” in Chinese is 坚韧 (jiānrèn).

Meaning

  • tough and durable
  • tenacious

Example

学好一门外语需要坚韧不拔的毅力。

Mastering a foreign language involves a lot of patience.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 兼任 (jiānrèn, to hold a concurrent post)