勉强 (勉強) miǎnqiǎng
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miǎnqiǎng
adjective
with difficulty; reluctantly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '勉強'; Guoyu '勉強' 1, 2) -
miǎnqiǎng
verb
to be forced to do
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '勉強'; Guoyu '勉強' 3; Mathews 1931 '勉強', p. 91)
Contained in
- 勉勉强强(勉勉強強) to achieve with difficulty; only just up to the task; barely adequate
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 118 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 18 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 《盡心章句上》 Commentary on Jin Xin I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 113 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第三十回 Chapter 30 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
- 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
Collocations
- 勉强笑 (勉強笑) 只得勉強笑道 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 26 — count: 8
- 勉强随 (勉強隨) 勉強隨計 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十八上 本紀第十八上: 武宗 Volume 18 Annals 18: Wuzong — count: 4
- 不待勉强 (不待勉強) 不待勉強 — Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注, 《公冶長第五》 Commentary on Gong Ye Zhang V — count: 3
- 勉强受 (勉強受) 藺初勉強受之 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷四十七 列傳第四十一 孝行 Volume 47: Filial Acts — count: 2
- 勉强吃 (勉強吃) 弟子勉強吃了 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第八十二回 Chapter 82 — count: 2
- 勉强耳 (勉強耳) 內外宴遊皆勉強耳 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 — count: 2
- 勉强应允 (勉強應允) 今且勉強應允 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第八十六回 Chapter 86 — count: 2
- 庆勉强 (慶勉強) 王慶勉強擺到府衙前 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百二回 Chapter 102 — count: 2
- 勉强降 (勉強降) 勉強降順 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第九十四回 Chapter 94 — count: 2
- 勉强忍 (勉強忍) 只得又勉强忍著 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 20 — count: 2