力 (lì) means Strength (force - power). Below are 24 of the 189 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
两队实 力 悬殊。
Liǎng duì shílì xuánshū.
The two teams are far apart in strength.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悬殊
翻译时 力 求准确。
Fānyì shí lìqiú zhǔnquè.
In translating, strive for accuracy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 力求
他保证会努 力 学习。
Tā bǎozhèng huì nǔlì xuéxí.
He guarantees he will study hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 保证
他的工作能 力 很强。
Tā de gōngzuò nénglì hěn qiáng.
He is very capable at work.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 能力
妹妹最爱吃巧克 力 。
Mèimei zuì ài chī qiǎokèlì.
My little sister loves chocolate most of all.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 巧克力
这盒巧克 力 送给你。
Zhè hé qiǎokèlì sòng gěi nǐ.
This box of chocolates is for you.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 巧克力
年轻时要努 力 奋斗。
Niánqīng shí yào nǔlì fèndòu.
When you are young you should strive hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 奋斗
上课要集中注意 力 。
Shàng kè yào jízhōng zhùyìlì.
You need to concentrate in class.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 集中
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From the graded readers
去年下半年，我的压 力 特别大。
qùnián xià bàn nián, wǒ de(possessive) yālì tèbié dà.
In the second half of last year I was under enormous pressure.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我也终于明白，能长期做下去的，才叫努 力 。
wǒ yě zhōngyú míngbai, néng chángqī zuò xiàqu de / dì, cái jiào nǔlì.
And I finally understood that only what you can keep doing counts as effort.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
第二天我去拿回了手机，还带了一盒巧克 力 去感谢她。
dì'èr tiān wǒ qù ná huí le / liǎo / liào shǒujī, hái / huán dài le / liǎo / liào yī hé qiǎokèlì qù gǎnxiè tā.
The next day I went to collect it, and took a box of chocolates to thank her.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
力 appears in 189 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 力
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Questions about 力
How is 力 used in a sentence?
This page shows 189 sentences using 力 (lì, "Strength (force - power)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 力 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 力 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 力?
The dictionary page for 力 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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