吃力 [－－]

Jyutping hek3 lik6
Pinyin chī lì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to entail strenuous effort
  2. to toil at a task
  3. strenuous
  4. laborious
  5. strain
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    要​付出​好多​體力​同​心力
    strenuous; arduous
    • 吃力不討好
      吃力不讨好
      hek3 lik6 bat1 tou2 hou2
      to get no thanks for one's hard work
    • 佢一個人負擔成頭家，好吃力㗎！
      佢一个人负担成头家，好吃力㗎！
      keoi5 jat1 go3 jan4 fu6 daam1 seng4 tau4 gaa1, hou2 hek3 lik6 gaa3!
      It's so tiring for her to be the only one who supports the whole family.
  2. 近義詞
    辛苦
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    tiring; exhausting; strenuous
  2. adj
    tired; exhausted
  3. verb
    to need great effort; to be difficult
  4. verb
    to bear force
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #113
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    翻译其实是一件吃力不讨好的事，因为一种语言在另一种语言中的对应物藏在往往隐藏在深不可测之处，翻译者需要百般寻觅，而且，挑剔的读者很难糊弄。
    翻譯其實是一件吃力不討好的事，因為一種語言在另一種語言中的對應物藏在往往隱藏在深不可測之處，翻譯者需要百般尋覓，而且，挑剔的讀者很難糊弄。
    fān yì qí shí shì yī jiàn chī lì bù tǎo hǎo de shì ， yīn wèi yī zhǒng yǔ yán zài lìng yī zhǒng yǔ yán zhòng dì duì yìng wù cáng zài wǎng wǎng yǐn cáng zài shēn bù kě cè zhī chù ， fān yì zhě xū yào bǎi bān xún mì ， ér qiě ， tiāo ti de dú zhě hěn nán hù nong 。
    • In reality, translation is akin to working for peanuts, since the corresponding meaning of something in one language is often hidden in some deep and impenetrable recesses of the other. As a result, the translator is forced to search all over... Never mind that the picky reader is very difficult to fool.
  2. Mandarin
    官僚的工作，真是吃力不讨好。
    官僚的工作，真是吃力不討好。
    guān liáo de gōng zuò ， zhēn shi chī lì bù tǎo hǎo 。
    • Despite your best efforts, your bureaucratic work was not rewarded.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    既然呢样嘢吃力不讨好，你做乜要做唧？你做咗人哋都唔会多谢你㗎啦。
    既然呢樣嘢吃力不討好，你做乜要做唧？你做咗人哋都唔會多謝你㗎啦。
    gei3 jin4 ni1 joeng6 je5 hek3 lik6 bat1 tou2 hou2, nei5 zou6 mat1 jiu3 zou6 zek1? nei5 zou6 zo2 jan4 dei6 dou1 m4 wui5 do1 ze6 nei5 gaa3 laa1.
    • Even though you put in a lot of effort for no thanks, why are you doing it anyway? Even if you complete it, others will not show their gratitude.
  2. Cantonese
    吃力不讨好
    吃力不討好
    hek3 lik6 bat1 tou2 hou2
    • to get no thanks for one's hard work
    • to put in much hard work, but get very little result; to undertake a thankless task
  3. Cantonese
    佢一个人负担成头家，好吃力㗎！
    佢一個人負擔成頭家，好吃力㗎！
    keoi5 jat1 go3 jan4 fu6 daam1 seng4 tau4 gaa1, hou2 hek3 lik6 gaa3!
    • It's so tiring for her to be the only one who supports the whole family.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    有个塌鼻子的小男孩儿，因为两岁时得过脑炎，智力受损，学习起来很吃力。
    有個塌鼻子的小男孩兒，因為兩歲時得過腦炎，智力受損，學習起來很吃力。
    yǒu gè tā bí zi de xiǎo nán hái r5 ， yīn wèi liǎng suì shí dé guo nǎo yán ， zhì lì shòu sǔn ， xué xí qǐ lái hěn chī lì ．
    • Once there was a little boy who when he was two years old had had encephalitis. This damaged his intellect and made studying very difficult for him.