吃力
chīlì
adjectiveHSK 5
“To entail strenuous effort” in Chinese is 吃力 (chīlì).
Meaning
- to entail strenuous effort
- to toil at a task
- strenuous
Show 2 more meanings
- laborious
- strain
Example
真叫做看人挑担不吃力，我和你换一换好吗？
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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