勉
Meanings
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- 1.to exhort
- 2.to make an effort
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Wiktionary
- 1.to endeavor; to make an effort; to strive
- 2.to encourage; to urge
- 3.to force; to do something reluctantly
- 4.to hurry; quickly
- 5.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mronʔ): phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ) + semantic 力 (“strong”) – make a strong effort.
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Components
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Example sentences
他勉強地通過了考試。
He barely passed the examination.
他勉強同意了我的建議。
He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.
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Derived terms
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Related words
勉强 to do with difficulty勉励 to encourage勉力 to strive自勉 to encourage oneself勤勉 diligence规勉 to advise and encourage劝勉 to advise勉县 Mian County or Mianxian, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市[Hàn zhōng Shì], Shaanxi互勉 to encourage each other勉为其难 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)勉勉强强 to achieve with difficulty勉力而为 to try one's best to do sth (idiom)