to fix or set rigidly in place

to strengthen or make a position, power, or foundation more secure

admittedly; it is true that

firmly fixed in place; secure, sturdy, or solid

obstinate and unwilling to change one's mind or attitude

stubborn; obstinate

intrinsic to something, inherent, or native; existing as a natural and permanent part

to change from a liquid or fluid state to a solid state; to congeal

to make a physical structure stronger, firmer, or more stable

physically strong, solid, and resistant to damage or collapse

to make something firm or secure; to consolidate

to stubbornly cling to or persist in an opinion, tradition, or principle

deep-rooted (problem etc)

to make a pattern, idea, or situation permanent and resistant to change

solid state (physics)

fixed-line or landline telephone (abbreviation for [[固定电话|固定電話|gu4 ding4 dian4 hua4]])

(computing) firmware

to stubbornly persist in one's own views

extremely well fortified and secure against attack; impregnable

Guyuan, a prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

sterol (chemistry)

Xigu district of Lanzhou city, Gansu

Gushi, a county in Xinyang City, Henan

Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han (Hanshu)

firmness; sturdiness

Chenggu County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi

a substance added to a liquid to cause it to solidify or thicken

Yugur ethnic group of Gansu province

Chenggu County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi

Gu'an, a county in [[廊坊市|廊坊市|Lang2 fang2 Shi4]], Hebei

Guzhen county in [[蚌|蚌|Beng4]][[埠|埠|bu4]], Anhui

Yugur ethnic group of Gansu

Guyang county in [[包头|包頭|bao1 tou2]], Inner Mongolia

(of terrain) rugged and providing a natural barrier to invasion

a very stubborn person who refuses to change their mind or views

to choose what is good and hold fast to it

Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Zhangye City, Gansu

deeply closed off and refusing to accept advice or outside ideas; stubbornly and perversely unreceptive

when the root is firm, the branches flourish

Pegu city in south Myanmar (Burma)

solid foods; solids

solid state physics

fixed mindset (as opposed to growth mindset)