勉强

miǎn qiǎng · mian qiang

Traditional 勉強

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to do with difficulty
  2. to force sb to do sth
  3. reluctant
  4. barely enough

In a sentence

2 examples
01

火(huǒ)车(chē)马(mǎ)上(shàng)就(jiù)要(yào)开(kāi),我(wǒ)们(men)勉(miǎn)强(qiǎng)可(kě)以(yǐ)赶(gǎn)到(dào)。

The train is about to leave, we can barely catch it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by BobbyLee · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)会(huì)一(yì)点(diǎn)儿(r)波(bō)兰(lán)语(yǔ),勉(miǎn)强(qiǎng)能(néng)让(ràng)人(rén)听(tīng)懂(dǒng)。

I speak a little Polish, just enough to make myself understood.

Tatoeba: Chinese by huooc · English by mailohilohi · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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