硬拼 (yìng pīn) — to fight desperately, to go all out with brute force (often recklessly)

Definition

硬拼 means to throw everything into a fight with no strategy — relying only on brute force, often recklessly. Implies a head-on clash where both sides end up worse off.

verb
to fight desperatelyto go all out with brute force (often recklessly)

Examples

  • 硬拼，。
    Tā bù xiǎng yìng pīn, jué dìng yòng zhì huì jiě jué wèn tí.
    He didn't want to fight desperately and decided to solve the problem with wisdom.
  • 硬拼，。
    Zhè chǎng bǐ sài bù néng zhī kào yìng pīn, hái xū yào zhàn shù.
    This competition can't rely solely on brute force; it also needs tactics.
  • 硬拼，。
    Tā men yìng pīn le hěn jiǔ, zuì hòu liǎng bài jù shāng.
    They fought desperately for a long time, and in the end both sides were hurt.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

硬yìnghard
拼pīnfight

硬 (hard) with 拼 (fight) means to fight hard or go all out.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
更
更gèng硬yìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

硬 is built from 石, meaning stone, to show hardness or stiffness, and 更, which gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
并
并bìng拼
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 拼, the left part 扌 shows a hand, and the right part 并 gives the sound.

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