吃力 meaning and pronunciation

吃力
Simplified/traditional word

吃力 English definition

chī lì
  • entail strenuous effort
  • be a strain

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  • 吃 (chī): to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2]);
  • 力 (lì): power; force; strength; ability; strenuously;