卖苦力 (賣苦力)
mài kǔ lì
Pinyin

Definition

卖苦力 (賣苦力)
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mài kǔ lì
  1. to make a hard living as unskilled laborer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Li
lì liang
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 force
  3. 3 strength
nǔ lì
  1. 1 great effort
  2. 2 to strive
  3. 3 to try hard
yā lì
  1. 1 pressure
shí lì
  1. 1 strength

Idioms (20)

不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不遗余力
bù yí yú lì
  1. 1 to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)