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賣力

mài lì

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

賣力 (mài lì) is a Chinese word meaning “to work hard”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to work hard
  2. to do one's very best
  3. to throw oneself into the task at hand

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Example

他工作很賣力。

He works very hard.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).