固[gù]

形solid; firm

♦ 基础已~。 The foundation is solid.

动solidify; consolidate; strengthen

♦ ~堤 strengthen the dyke

副

1. firmly; resolutely

♦ ~辞 resolutely refuse; firmly decline

♦ ~请 insistently request

2. originally ; in the first place; as a matter of course

♦ ~当如此。 It is just as it should be.

连(used in the same way as 固然)

♦ 乘车~可, 乘船亦无不可。 Admittedly we can make the journey by train, but there is no harm in our travelling by boat.