勉强

miǎnqiǎng

to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth

Traditional 勉強

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 6 adjective / adverbverbadjective

Meaning

miǎnqiǎng mian3 qiang3

to do with difficulty
to force sb to do sth
reluctant
barely enough

Example sentences

tā他miǎnqiǎng勉强tóngyì同意le了wǒ我de的jiànyì建议。

He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.
wǒ我kěyǐ可以miǎnqiǎng勉强dì地róngrěn容忍tā他de的xíngwéi行为。

I can barely stand his behavior.
tā他miǎnqiǎng勉强dì地tōngguò通过le了kǎoshì考试。

He barely passed the examination.
zhèxiē这些rìzi日子wǒmen我们miǎnqiǎng勉强húkǒu糊口。

We lived from hand to mouth in those days.

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