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Chinese[edit]
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to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
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power; force; strength
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trad. (費力)
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費
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力
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simp. (费力)
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费
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力
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Pronunciation[edit]
費⫽力 (verb-object)
- (intransitive) to need or exert great effort; to strain; to be strenuous
Synonyms[edit]
- 了力 (Min Nan)
- 吃力 (chīlì)
- 吃勁/吃劲 (chījìn)
- 夠力/够力 (Hokkien)
- 硬斗 (Hokkien)
- 硬繚/硬缭 (Hokkien)
- 著力/着力 (zhuólì)
- 費勁/费劲 (fèijìn) (colloquial)
- 食力 (Hokkien)
- 食工 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)