He barely passed the examination.
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勉强
Traditional: 勉強
miǎn qiǎng
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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miǎn qiǎng · min5 koeng5 (Jyutping)
- to do with difficulty
- to force sb to do sth
- reluctant
- barely enough
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.
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