外強中乾
Characters and words in 外強中乾
outside / in addition / foreign / external
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort
China / Chinese / surname Zhong
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
surname Qian
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
variant of 乾[qian2]
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
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