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  • 1

    adv.dialreally; actually (accomplish something extremely difficult)

    • wǒ yìng shì ná tā méi bàn fǎ

      硬是没办法

      I can really do nothing about her.

    • nà ge qiú fàn fā xiàn méi yǒu yān cǎo yìng shì bù xíng

      那个囚犯发现没有烟草硬是不行

      The prisoner found it very hard to do without tobacco.

  • 2

    adv.just; simply

    • tā suī rán shēn tǐ bù hǎo kě yìng shì bù kěn xiū xi

      虽然身体硬是休息

      She is not physically well, but just wouldn't rest.

    • yī shēng zhǔ fù tā wò chuáng xiū xi kě tā yìng shì bù tīng

      医生嘱咐卧床休息硬是

      That doctor advised him to stay in bed, but he just wouldn't listen.

    • bù guǎn nǐ shuō shén me tā yìng shì bù xìn

      不管什么硬是

      It doesn't matter what you say, she still won't believe you.

  • 3

    adv.by force

    • tā men yìng shì chōng jìn le wū li

      他们硬是冲进

      They forced their ways into this room.