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中堅

中堅

See also: 中坚

Chinese

 
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
trad. (中堅)
simp. (中坚)

Noun

中堅

  1. main force; main body of troops
  2. backbone; core; key figure

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1
けん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

中堅 (hiragana ちゅうけん, romaji chūken)

  1. main force, main body of troops
  2. backbone, core, key figure
    • 1948, 豊島与志雄, 小さき花にも:
      いったいこれが、新時代 (しんじだい)苦悩 (くのう)代弁者 (だいべんしゃ) ()される中堅 (ちゅうけん)作家 (さっか)の、本当 (ほんとう)姿 (すがた)なのであろうか。
      Ittai kore ga, shinjidai no kunō no daibensha to mesareru chūken sakka no, hontō no sugata na no de arō ka.
      Could this person presenting himself before me actually be the central literary figure serving as the mouthpiece of the anguish of our new age?
  3. (baseball) center field

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

中堅 (junggyeon) (hangeul 중견)

  1. Hanja form? of 중견, “backbone, nucleus”.