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得力

dé lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

得力 (dé lì) means "able; capable; competent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

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)

Where 得力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dǎo–dì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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