Dictionary/勉强

勉强 勉強

勉强 miǎn qiǎng

ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄤˇ
AdjVHSK 7-9TOCFL L4core 10k
1to do with difficulty
2to force sb to do sth
3reluctant
4barely enough

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tā她miǎn qiǎng勉强néng能zì jǐ自己zhǔ煮wǎn cān晚餐chī吃。
她勉强能自己煮晚餐吃。
She was able to cook herself dinner, after a fashion.
火车马上就要开,我们勉强可以赶到。
The train is about to leave, we can barely catch it.
他勉强同意了我的建议。
He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.