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好不容易

hǎo bù róng yì

4-character word

What 好不容易 means

1. with great difficulty
2. very difficult

The characters in 好不容易

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 容róngto hold; to contain; to allow
• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change

Example sentences

• 我好不容易找到了你们的房子。
  Wǒ hǎobùróngyì zhǎodào le nǐmen de fángzi.
  I found your house with difficulty.
• 他们好不容易才回答了他们老师的问题。
  Tāmen hǎo bù róngyì cái huídá le tāmen lǎoshī de wèntí.
  They answered their teacher's question with difficulty.