费劲
fèi jìn
Pinyin

Definition

费劲
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fèi jìn
  1. to require effort
  2. strenuous

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

免费
miǎn fèi
  1. 1 free (of charge)
劲
jìn
  1. 1 strength
  2. 2 energy
  3. 3 enthusiasm
  4. 4 spirit
  5. 5 mood
  6. 6 expression
  7. 7 interest
  8. 8 CL:把[bǎ]
  9. 9 Taiwan pr. [jìng]
浪费
làng fèi
  1. 1 to waste
  2. 2 to squander
消费
xiāo fèi
  1. 1 to consume
  2. 2 to spend
话费
huà fèi
  1. 1 call charge
不对劲
bù duì jìn
  1. 1 not in good condition
  2. 2 wrong
  3. 3 fishy
付费
fù fèi
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to cover the costs
使劲
shǐ jìn
  1. 1 to exert all one's strength
来劲
lái jìn
  1. 1 (dialect) to be full of zeal
  2. 2 high-spirited
  3. 3 exhilarating
  4. 4 to stir sb up
公费
gōng fèi
  1. 1 at public expense
劲儿
jìn r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 勁|劲[jìn]
劲爆
jìng bào
  1. 1 (coll.) awesome
  2. 2 stunning
  3. 3 electrifying
  4. 4 breathtaking
  5. 5 (originally Cantonese)
  6. 6 also pr. [jìn bào]
劲头
jìn tóu
  1. 1 enthusiasm
  2. 2 zeal
  3. 3 vigor
  4. 4 strength
学费
xué fèi
  1. 1 tuition fee
  2. 2 tuition
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
对劲
duì jìn
  1. 1 suitable
  2. 2 to one's liking
  3. 3 to get along together
小费
xiǎo fèi
  1. 1 tip
  2. 2 gratuity
差劲
chà jìn
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 no good
  3. 3 below average
  4. 4 disappointing
带劲
dài jìn
  1. 1 energetic
  2. 2 exciting
  3. 3 of interest
干劲
gàn jìn
  1. 1 enthusiasm for doing sth
强劲
qiáng jìng
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 powerful
  3. 3 robust

Idioms (11)

清风劲节
qīng fēng jìng jié
  1. 1 pure and high-minded (idiom)
煞费苦心
shà fèi kǔ xīn
  1. 1 to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
  2. 2 at the cost of a lot of effort
疾风劲草
jí fēng jìng cǎo
  1. 1 the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
  2. 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
疾风知劲草
jí fēng zhī jìng cǎo
  1. 1 the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
  2. 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
  3. 3 also written 疾風勁草|疾风劲草
疾风知劲草，烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn
  1. 1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
  2. 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
  1. 1 to whistle down the wind
  2. 2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)
费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
费尽心思
fèi jìn xīn si
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through
费尽心机
fèi jìn xīn jī
  1. 1 to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)
  2. 2 to beat one's brains out
铺张浪费
pū zhāng làng fèi
  1. 1 extravagance and waste (idiom)

Sample Sentences

首先，不管是小鲜肉也好老腊肉也好，你费劲心机撩了半天，他都无动于衷，就别期待什么铁杵成针的了，我们又不是铁匠，及时收手吧。
shǒuxiān ，bùguǎn shì xiǎoxiānròu yěhǎo lǎolàròu yěhǎo ，nǐ fèijìnxīnjī liáo le bàntiān ，tā dōu wúdòngyúzhōng ，jiù bié qīdài shénme tiěchǔchéngzhēn de le ，wǒmen yòu bù shì tiějiàng ，jíshí shōushǒu ba 。
First of all, whether it's a tender young thing, or a slightly older and more weathered person, if, however you try and tease it out of him, he remains aloof, don't expect to grind him down, we're not blacksmiths, just stop while the going is good.
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是啊，其实仔细想想，如果语言不更新，那我们今天的沟通会多么费劲！好多日常生活中的事物都没办法表达呢！
shì ā ，qíshí zǐxì xiǎngxiang ，rúguǒ yǔyán bù gēngxīn ，nà wǒmen jīntiān de gōutōng huì duōme fèijìn ！hǎoduō rìcháng shēnghuó zhōng de shìwù dōu méi bànfǎ biǎodá ne ！
Yeah, actually if you think about it carefully, if language didn't get renewed, it would be so difficult for us to communicate! There would be so many things in daily life that we couldn't express!
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我可以一心二用嘛。哟， 不愧是大乐队，那么大排场！爵士鼓、小号、长号、萨克斯风、钢琴、还有个指挥。搞这么一场演出还挺费劲的。
wǒ kěyǐ yīxīnèryòng ma 。yō ， bùkuì shì dà yuèduì ，nàme dà páichǎng ！juéshì gǔ 、xiǎohào 、chánghào 、sàkèsīfēng 、gāngqín 、hái yǒu ge zhǐhuī 。gǎo zhème yī chǎng yǎnchū hái tǐng fèijìn de 。
I can do two things at once. It sure deserves the name ''Big Band"-- such extravagance! Jazz drums, trumpets, trombones, saxaphones, piano, and there's a conductor, too. Putting on such a big show takes a lot of work.
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嗯，刚开始的。岁月不饶人啊，现在学点东西可真费劲。
ng4 ，gāng kāishǐ de 。suìyuè bù ráorén a ，xiànzài xué diǎn dōngxi kě zhēn fèijìn 。
Yeah, I just started. Time and tide wait for no man. Studying stuff now is really tiring.
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