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  • Variants : 勁 劤 劲儿
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[jìn]
  1. 1. noun [力气] strength
  2. 2. noun [情绪] spirit
  3. 3. noun [态度] manner
  4. 4. noun [趣味] fun

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[jìn]
  1. 1. noun strength; energy
    儿大。
    He has great strength.
    这酒儿大。
    This liquor is quite strong.
    我烧是退了,可身上还是没儿。
    My temperature is down, but I'm still feeling weak.
  2. 2. noun vigour; spirit; drive; zeal
    他跟我别着哪! 能听我的吗?
    How can you expect him to listen to me, when he's still in a huff with me?
  3. 3. noun air; manner; expression
    你这骄傲儿得好好改改。
    You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.
    瞧他那高兴儿。
    See how happy he looks.
  4. 4. noun interest; relish; gusto
    打扑克没,咱们去游泳吧。
    Playing cards is no fun; let's go swimming.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[jìn]
  1. 1. 力气;力量
    这小伙子儿真大
    用尽全身的
    儿。
  2. 2. 效力;作用
    新出的灭蚊灵儿大
    儿过了。
  3. 3. 精神;情绪
    有股子闯
    儿冲天。
  4. 4. 神情;样子
    高兴
    瞧这副脏儿。
  5. 5. 兴致;趣味
    越看越带
    这电影真没

Examples

这小伙子有一股子使不完的
The youngster just doesn't know what it is to be tired.
长跑运动员后得足。
Long-distance runners require plenty of stamina.
浑身是
brimming with energy; bursting with energy
心往一处想,往一处使
with everyone's thoughts and efforts directed towards one goal
有使不完的
have inexhaustible energy
再使把
put in more effort; put on another spurt
往一处使
all directing their efforts towards the same goal
去跟他道个歉吧,别总绷着
Go and apologize to him, don’t leave things deadlocked!
拔河场上,两队人员都绷着,使比赛一时难分胜负。
In a push-and-pull game, both teams strained hard and were neck and neck in the competition.
为了按时完成这项工作,我连吃奶的都使出来了。
I made every effort to complete the task on time.

Character Decomposition


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[gōng]
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[lì]

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