累人 (léi) — (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 léi.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 léi rén le.This kind of work really tires people out.
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