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人力

rén lì · ren li

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. manpower
  2. labor power
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Moving a big table

  1. Dengdeng

    这张(zhèzhāng)大(dà)桌子(zhuōzi)，我们(wǒmen)两个人(liǎnggèrén)搬(bān)得动(dedòng)吗(ma)？

    Can the two of us move this big table?

  2. Liangliang

    不行(bùxíng)，人力(rénlì)不够(bùgòu)，要(yào)再叫(zàijiào)几个人(jǐgerén)。

    No way. We don't have enough manpower. We need a few more people.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)去(qù)叫(jiào)琦琦(qíqí)吧(ba)。

    I'll go ask Qiqi.

  4. Qiqi

    我(wǒ)来(lái)了(le)！我(wǒ)还(hái)带来(dàilái)了(le)六个(liùgè)朋友(péngyou)。

    I'm here! I also brought six friends.

  5. Liangliang

    这下(zhèxià)人力(rénlì)够(gòu)了(le)！

    Now we have enough manpower!

  6. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)桌子(zhuōzi)只有(zhǐyǒu)四个(sìgè)角(jiǎo)！

    But the table only has four corners!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

机(jī)械(xiè)力(lì)代(dài)替(tì)人(rén)力(lì), 这(zhè)是(shì)蒸(zhēng)汽(qì)机(jī)发(fā)明(míng)的(de)结(jié)果(guǒ)。

The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

如(rú)果(guǒ)人(rén)们(men)使(shǐ)用(yòng)这(zhè)些(xiē)现(xiàn)代(dài)化(huà)的(de)机(jī)器(qì), 那(nà)将(jiāng)节(jié)省(shěng)很(hěn)多(duō)人(rén)力(lì)。

If you use this modern equipment, it will save a lot of manpower.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by paper1n0 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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