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勉強

miǎn qiǎng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verbVerb

勉強 (miǎn qiǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “to do with difficulty”. 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 do with difficulty
  2. to force sb to do sth
  3. reluctant
  4. barely enough

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Example

他身體不舒服，別勉強他來。

He's not feeling well; don't force him to come.

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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).