yìng​yào

to insist on doing

  • created sense approved 硬要 · yìng​yào · to insist on doing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    硬要

    yìng​yào

    to insist on doing

    to be firmly set on a course of action; to obstinately persist in doing something despite opposition or difficulty

    硬 (literal) → 硬 · yìng · stubbornly 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · to want

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 硬要 · yìng​yào · to insistently demand — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    硬要

    yìng​yào

    to insistently demand

    to stubbornly want or demand a specific thing or result

    硬 (literal) → 硬 · yìng · stubbornly 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · to want

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense