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得力

dé lì

HSK 6 2-character word

What 得力 means

1. able
2. capable
3. competent
4. efficient

The characters in 得力

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 这个药很得力。
  Zhège yào hěn délì.
  This medicine is very effective.

Sounds the same

Read dé lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 得利to benefit (from sth)