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有力

yǒu lì

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

有力 (yǒu lì) means "powerful; forceful; vigorous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 有力 means

1. powerful
2. forceful
3. vigorous

The characters in 有力

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Words containing 有力

• 强有力qiáng yǒu lìstrong; forceful
• 孔武有力kǒng wǔ yǒu lìcourageous and strong (idiom); Herculean (physique etc)

Sounds the same

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

• 有利advantageous; favorable

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