"Firmly" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 坚固 | jiān gù | firm / firmly / hard / stable |   |
| 毅然 | yì rán | firmly / resolutely / without hesitation | |
| 狠狠 | hěn hěn | resolutely / firmly / ferociously / ruthlessly | |
| 牢牢 | láo láo | firmly / safely | |
| 毅然决然 | yì rán jué rán | without hesitation / resolutely / firmly | |
| 妥帖 | tuǒ tiē | properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥貼|妥贴[tuo3 tie1] | |
| 妥贴 | tuǒ tiē | properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥帖 | |
| 认定 | rèn dìng | to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with | |
| 抓紧 | zhuā jǐn | to grasp firmly / to pay special attention to / to rush in / to make the most of | |
| 坚信 | jiān xìn | to believe firmly / without any doubt | |
| 确信 | què xìn | to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news | |
| 紧握 | jǐn wò | to hold firmly, not let go | |
| 深信 | shēn xìn | to believe firmly | |
| 硬要 | yìng yào | firmly set on doing sth / to insist on doing / determined in one's course of action | |
| 脚踏实地 | jiǎo tà shí dì | to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character | |
| 认准 | rèn zhǔn | to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly | |
| 深信不疑 | shēn xìn bù yí | to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom) / absolute certainty about sth | |
| 扯住 | chě zhù | to grasp firmly | |
| 卧薪尝胆 | wò xīn cháng dǎn | lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge | |
| 笃信 | dǔ xìn | to believe firmly / devout in one's faith | |
| 抱定 | bào dìng | to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly | |
| 惩前毖后 | chéng qián bì hòu | lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again | |
| 揪 |  jiū | to seize / to clutch / to grab firmly and pull | |
| 捺 | nà | to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) | |
| 小惩大诫 | xiǎo chéng dà jiè | lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition | |
| 定规 | dìng guī | to decide / to determine / established practice / (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth) | |
| 坚决否认 | jiān jué fǒu rèn | to firmly deny | |
| 关紧 | guān jǐn | to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock | |
| 站稳脚跟 | zhàn wěn jiǎo gēn | to stand firmly / to gain a foothold / to establish oneself | |
