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费力

fèi lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 費力

费力 (fèi lì) means "to expend a great deal of effort". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 费力 means

1. to expend a great deal of effort

The characters in 费力

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 你白费力气了。
  You're barking up the wrong tree.
• 任何任务都可能变得费力。
  Rènhé rènwu dōu kěnéng biàn de fèilì.
  Any task may become painful.
• 我们毫不费力地想出了密码。
  Wǒmen háobùfèilì de xiǎngchū le mìmǎ.
  We easily figured out the password.

Words starting with 费力

• 费力不讨好fèi lì bù tǎo hǎoarduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

Words containing 费力

• 毫不费力háo bù fèi lìeffortless; not expending the slightest effort

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