费劲 (fèi jìn) — to be strenuous; to require effort (often of a task)
Definition
费劲 describes a TASK as strenuous, requiring effort — like 费力 and 吃力, but focuses on the effort spent rather than the person; 使劲 is the action of exerting force yourself.
verb
to be strenuousto require effort (often of a task)
Examples
- 费劲。Bān zhè zhāng zhuō zi zhēn fèi jìn.Moving this table is really strenuous.
- 。Tā fèi le bàn tiān jìn cái bǎ mén dǎ kāi.He spent half a day's effort before he got the door open.
- ，费劲。Zhè dào tí bù nán, yì diǎn bú fèi jìn.This problem isn't hard; it's not strenuous at all.
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