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[形]
(结实; 牢固; 坚硬) firm; hard; solid
strong
坚固
firm; stable
稳固
When the root is firm, the branches flourish.
本固枝荣。
[副]
(坚决地; 坚定地) firmly; resolutely
firmly invite
固请
resolutely refuse; firmly decline
固辞
[书] (本来; 原本) originally; in the first place; as a matter of course
It is just as it should be.
固当如此。
[书] (固然) certainly; admittedly; assuredly
Admittedly we can make the journey by train, but there is no harm in our travelling by boat.
乘车固可, 乘船亦无不可。
[动]
(使坚固) solidify; consolidate; strengthen
strengthen the dyke
固堤
[书] (保卫; 防御) defend
It's not high mountains and deep valleys that best serve to defend a country.
固国不以山溪之险。
[名]
(姓氏) a surname
Gu Cheng
固乘