强[強、彊]qiánɡ
Ⅰ ❶ (力量大； 程度高) strong; powerful: 富 ～ prosperous and powerful; 能力很 ～ very capable; ～ 敌 formidable enemy; 身 ～ 体壮 strong and healthy; 责任心 ～ have a strong sense of responsibility
❷ (优越； 好) better: 我们的生活条件一年比一年 ～。 Our living conditions are getting better each year. 一代更比一代 ～。 Each generation surpasses the preceding one. 这块布的质量比那块布的 ～。 The quality of this cloth is better than that one's.
❸ （略多些） slightly more than; plus: 三分之一 ～ slightly more than one third Ⅱ (使用强力； 强迫) by force: ～ 令执行 arbitrarily give orders to carry out sth.; ～ 取 take by force; extort Ⅲ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 华 Qiang Hua
另见 see also jiànɡ; qiǎnɡ 。
◆强半 [书] over half; the great half; 强暴 violent; brutal; ferocious adversary; 强兵猛将 strong men and fierce chieftains; strong soldiery and able leaders; 强场 {电} high field; 强磁场 high-intensity magnetic field; 强刺激 strong stimulation; 强大 big and powerful; powerful; formidable; 强盗 robber; bandit; pirate; highwayman; 强得多 much better than; much stronger than; 强敌 formidable enemy [foe]; powerful enemy [foe]; 强电流 strong current; heavy current; power current; intense current; 强调 stress; emphasize; lay stress on; underline; 强度 intensity; strength; magnitude; stringency; strike; avidity; 强渡 fight one's way across a river; force a river; 强队 {体} powerhouse; the top team; 强夺 grab; snatch; rob; 强风 strong breeze; fresh gale; snorter; line blow; 强风暴 strong storm; 强幅射场 high-radiation field; 强干扰 strong jamming; strong interference; 强干 competent; capable; 强干弱枝 strengthen the central forces and weaken the local ones; 强攻 take by storm; storm; 强固 strong; solid; 强光 blaze; 强悍 intrepid; doughty; valiant; 强横 brutal and unreasonable; tyrannical; insolent; overbearing; 强化 strengthen; intensify; consolidate; 强化机制 strengthening mechanism; 强击 storm; 强加 impose; force; 强加于人 foist [impose] one's views on [upon] others; impose [force] one's will [idea; views] on others; bend sb. to one's will; lay one's will on sb.; intrude [thrust] one's opinions upon others; thrust sth. upon sb.; 强奸 rape; violate; 强奸民意 defile public opinion; force one's views on the people and assert one's arbitrary actions as wishes of the people; 强碱 {化} alkali; strong base; 强健 strong and healthy; stout; sturdy; 强将手下无弱兵 There are no weak troops [poor soldiers] under a capable general.; A capable commander leads an army of good soldiers.; A good leader can bring about a good team.; An able leader will make a company of good followers.; The valiant general has under his command no weak soldiers.; 强劲 powerful; forceful; 强劳动力 able-bodied labourer; 强力 brute force; 强力霉素 {药} doxycycline; vibramycin; 强梁 brutal; violent; a surname; 强梁霸道 overbearing and violent; 强烈 strong; intense; violent; strongly; intensely; vehemently; strenuously; vigorously; 强流 high current; 强龙难压地头蛇 The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.; 强弩之末 an arrow at the end of its flight — a spent force; a strong force that has been exhausted; (a great) cry and little wool; on the decline; (be) the final kick of the crossbow spring; The arrow from a strong bow becomes weak after flying its assigned distance.; the furthest reach of a shot from a strong bow; 强拍 {音} strong beat; accented beat; 强取豪夺 grab and keep; seize by force; rapacious; ravenous; voracious; 强权 power; might; 强权政治 power politics; 强人 strongman; robber; 强入民宅 force one's way uninvited into a strange house; 强盛 (of a country) powerful and prosperous; 强手 nemesis; 强似 be better than; be superior to; 强酸 strong acid; 强项 [书] strong; unyielding; 强心剂 {药} cardiac stimulant; cardiotonic; 强心药 {药} cardiotonic drug; 强心针 cardiotonic; 强行 force; jam; break; 强行军 {军} forced march; 强凶霸道 throw one's weight about; 强压怒火 suppress one's anger; swallow reluctantly one's anger; 强硬 strong; flinty; tough; unyielding; 强有力 strong; vigorous; forceful; powerful; 强元音 {语} strong vowel; 强占 forcibly occupy; seize; grasp; 强者 powerhouse; 强者为王 The strongest becomes the king — strong authority governs.; 强震 {地} strong shock; 强直 {医} tetanus; tetania; tetany; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; 强制 force; compel; coerce; 强中之强 the strongest of the strong; ace of aces; 强中自有强中手 However strong you are, there's always someone stronger.; Among the stronger there is always a stronger.; catch a tartar; diamond cut diamond; 强重音 levant stress; 强壮 strong; sturdy; eusathenia; sthenia; robust; 强子 {物} hadron
强[強、彊]qiǎnɡ
（勉强） make an effort; strive: ～ 作笑脸 force a smile; ～ 作镇静 make an effort to appear composed; try hard to keep one's composure
另见 see also jiànɡ; qiánɡ。
◆强逼 force; compel; 强辩 defend oneself by sophistry; 强辩饰非 argue illogically in glossing over faults — cover up faults with flowery words; 强词夺理 use lame arguments and perverted logic; chop logic; distort the right and talk speciously; exaggerate by rhetoric; One's words are overbearing and jrrational;(he) distorts reason.; pervert reason; reason fallaciously; resort to sophistry in self-justification; snatch a victory in argument; swear black is white; argue irrationally; turn things upside down by a stretch of the language; twist one's principles in order to finish an argument; 强买强卖 buy or sell by force [under coercion]; 强迫 enforce; force; compel; impel; 强求 insist on; impose; 强求一律 following a single pattern; insist on identity with; unify by force; 强人所难 constrain sb. to do things that are beyond his power; insist on other's doing sth. which is impossible or against his will; try to make sb. do sth. which he won't [can't] do; force sb. to do what he is unwilling to do [what he cannot do]; 强使 force; compel; 强颜欢笑 force a smile; a countenance with a forced smile; force oneself to smile (cheerfully); force a smiling face; put on an air of cheerfulness; try to look happy when one is sad; with a forced smile; 强征 impress; press; 强作欢笑 force a smile; a forced smile; 强作镇定 strive to maintain an appearance of calm; take a grip on oneself; with a show of calmness