chi1
li4
  1. to entail strenuous effort
  2. to toil at a task
  3. strenuous
  4. laborious
  5. strain

Characters

  • 吃 (吃): to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
  • 力 (力): surname Li

Resources

Examples

真叫做看人挑担不吃力,我和你换一换好吗?

官僚的工作,真是吃力不討好。

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