勉强

miǎn qiǎng

HSK 6 adjective / verb

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Meaning 释义

  1. to do with difficulty
  2. to force sb to do sth
  3. reluctant
  4. barely enough

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In real sentences 真实例句

她tā勉强miǎnqiǎng能néng自己zìjǐ煮zhǔ晚餐wǎncān吃chī。

She was able to cook herself dinner, after a fashion.

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这些zhèxiē日子rìzi我们wǒmen勉强miǎnqiǎng糊口húkǒu。

We lived from hand to mouth in those days.

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

He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.

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他tā勉强miǎnqiǎng地de通过tōngguò了le考试kǎoshì。

He barely passed the examination.

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