Cantonese Dictionary

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力不從心
Mandarin: li4 bu4 cong2 xin1
the spirit is willing but the will is weak | also 心有餘而力不足 or 心餘力絀
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力主
Mandarin: li4 zhu3
advocate strongly
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力圖
Mandarin: li4 tu2
try hard to; strive to
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力學
Mandarin: li4 xue2
mechanics
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力寶
Mandarin: li4 bao3
Lippo (Group) (Indonesian business concern)
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力小
Mandarin: li4 xiao3
weak; feeble; fragile; lacking in strength [written and colloquial]
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力巴
Mandarin: li5 ba5
not adept, awkward, clumsy; layman
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力度
Mandarin: li4 du4
[1] dynamism; [2] vigor
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力康雞
Cantonese
leghorn (as a loanword) a breed of fowl
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力所能及
Mandarin: li4 suo3 neng2 ji2
within one's power
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力挺
Mandarin: li4 ting3
to support; to back
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力挽狂瀾
Mandarin: li4 wan3 kuang2 lan2
to pull strongly against a crazy tide; fig., to try hard to save a desperate crisis, overcome impossible odds, seize victory from the jaws of defeat, etc.
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力排眾議
Mandarin: li4 pai2 zhong4 yi4
quash all objections
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力架
Mandarin: li4 jia4
Lacquer, a colourless chemical used for diluting paint to paint
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力氣
Mandarin: li4 qi5
Simplified: 力气
effort
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力水
strength; dynamics
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力水
Mandarin: li4 shui3
Strength
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力求
Mandarin: li4 qiu2
make every effort to; do one's best
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力行雞
Mandarin: li4 xing2 ji1
Simplified: 力行鸡
leghorn; a breed of fowl
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力透紙背
Mandarin: li4 tou4 zhi3 bei4
Simplified: 力透纸背
The word is used to describe the beautiful composition and the deep main theme of a poem or other kinds of literature
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力量
Mandarin: li4 liang5
power; physical strength; force
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力阻
Mandarin: li4 zu3
to block; to prevent by force
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劣
Mandarin: lie4
inferior | bad | slightly | unfavourable | substandard | wicked | evil | # adapted from cc-cedict
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劣
Mandarin: lie4
[1] inferior; substandard; unfavourable [2] bad; evil; wicked
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劣勢
Mandarin: lie4 shi4
inferior; disadvantaged
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劣根性
Mandarin: lie4 gen1 xing4
deep-rooted bad habits
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劣種
Mandarin: lie4 zhong3
Simplified: 劣种
inferior or worse type
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劣等
Mandarin: lie4 deng3
Bad quality
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劣質
Mandarin: lie4 zhi4
inferior; shoddy; substandard; of poor/low quality
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勒
Mandarin: lei1
to strap tightly | to bind | to strangle | to tighten | to rein in | to halt | to force | to coerce | to compel | to command | to engrave | to inscribe | to bridle | # adapted from cc-cedict
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