勉

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 这些日子我们勉强糊口。

  Zhè xiē rì zi wǒ men miǎn qiǎng hú kǒu

  We lived from hand to mouth in those days.

• 火车马上就要开，我们勉强可以赶到。

  Huǒ chē mǎ shàng jiù yào kāi wǒ men miǎn qiǎng kě yǐ gǎn dào

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

• 我会一点儿波兰语，勉强能让人听懂。

  Wǒ huì yī diǎn r Bō lán yǔ miǎn qiǎng néng ràng rén tīng dǒng

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

• 汤姆勉强签了文件。

  Tāng mǔ miǎn qiǎng qiān le wén jiàn

  Tom reluctantly signed the papers.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 勉

• 勉强miǎn qiǎng 3–3 → 2–3to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
• 勉励miǎn lì 3–4 to encourage