用劲 (yòng jìn) — to use strength, to exert effort

Definition

Examples

• 他一用劲就把石头搬起来了。
  Tā yí yòng jìn jiù bǎ shí tou bān qǐ lái le.
  As soon as he exerted his strength, he lifted the stone.
• 为了打开这扇门，我用了很大的劲。
  Wèi le dǎ kāi zhè shàn mén, wǒ yòng le hěn dà de jìn.
  To open this door, I used a lot of effort.
• 大家再用劲一下，马上就到了。
  Dà jiā zài yòng jìn yí xià, mǎ shàng jiù dào le.
  Everyone, put in a bit more effort — we're almost there.