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费劲 (費勁)
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

费劲 [fèijìn]
  1. 1. [Spoken] need or exert great effort; be strenuous
    安装这台机器真费劲
    It really took a lot of effort to install this machine.
    他看英文参考书一点不费劲
    He can read reference books in English without difficulty.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

费劲 [fèijìn]
  1. 1. 耗费精力;吃力
    我文化水平低,工作起来挺费劲

Examples

他看英文参考书一点不费劲
He can read reference books in English without difficulty.
这阵子你熬心费劲,实在是辛苦。
You have been worried a lot these days.
你找的力点不对,所以撬起来很费劲
You have found a wrong point to inflict strength, so it needs great efforts to pry.
他说起话来老那么结结巴巴,让听的人感到费劲
The work was hard sledding.
这项工作很费劲
It was an effort to concentrate.
费劲地集中精力。
It started out as fun, but it became hard work.
开始很好玩,但后来变得很费劲

Collocations

费劲
be strenuous
费劲
draw water with a sieve
读起来费劲
make heavy reading
费劲的事儿
trouble affair
费劲地找
to look for something with great effort

Word Decomposition


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