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累人 (lèi rén) — (stative verb) tiring, demanding, exhausting; (verb-object) to wear someone out; to be a burden

Definition

Means 'tiring / wearing someone out' — a colloquial stative verb used after 很 or 太, or reduplicated as 累人地 + verb. Note the tone: lèi (fourth tone), not léi.

(stative verb) tiringdemandingexhausting(verb-object) to wear someone outto be a burden

Examples

  • 累人。
    Zhè fèn gōng zuò hěn lèi rén.
    This job is very tiring.
  • 。
    Zhè huó r zhēn lèi sǐ rén.
    This work really wears people out.
  • 累人。
    Zhè zhǒng gōng zuò tài lèi rén rén le.
    This kind of work really tires people out.

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