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硬生生

yìngshēngshēng
adverb

Meanings

  1. 1 forcibly
  2. 2 stiffly
  3. 3 brutally (against the natural course)

Examples

她硬生生把眼泪憋了回去。
Tā yìngshēngshēng bǎ yǎnlèi biē le huíqù.
She forced the tears back down.
一场大雨把比赛硬生生地中断了。
Yī chǎng dàyǔ bǎ bǐsài yìngshēngshēng de zhōngduàn le.
A downpour brought the match to an abrupt halt.
他硬生生地把那句话咽了下去。
Tā yìngshēngshēng de bǎ nà jù huà yàn le xiàqù.
He forced himself to swallow the words.

Tips

usage
Marks an action done against the grain — by force, suddenly, or stiffly. Usually adverbial before a verb (硬生生地 + V, or 把 … 硬生生 V).

Stroke Order

硬 yìng
生 shēng