Dictionary/吃力

吃力

chī lì

ㄔㄌㄧˋ

AdjHSK 5TOCFL L5core 10k

1to entail strenuous effort

2to toil at a task

3strenuous

4laborious

5strain

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Example

tāng湯mǔ姆chī lì吃力dì地qù去pèng碰jiǎo腳zhǐ趾。

湯姆吃力地去碰腳趾。

Tom struggled to touch his toes.