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全力

quán lì · quan li

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HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. with all one's strength
  2. full strength
  3. all-out (effort)
  4. fully (support)
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Tug of war

  1. Liangliang

    拔河(báhé)开始(kāishǐ)了(le)！大家(dàjiā)全力(quánlì)拉(lā)！

    Tug of war starts now! Pull with all your strength!

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)全力(quánlì)了(le)！

    I am already giving it everything!

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)怎么(zěnme)一直(yīzhí)往后(wǎnghòu)退(tuì)？

    Then why do we keep moving backwards?

  4. Qiqi

    因为(yīnwèi)他们(tāmen)有(yǒu)十个人(shígèrén)，也(yě)在(zài)全力(quánlì)拉(lā)！

    Because there are ten of them, and they are pulling with all their strength too!

  5. Dengdeng

    看来(kànlai)我们(wǒmen)全力(quánlì)也(yě)不够(bùgòu)。

    It seems that even all our strength is not enough.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

上(shàng)帝(dì)明(míng)白(bai)我(wǒ)们(men)尽(jìn)了(le)全(quán)力(lì)。

God knows we did everything we could.

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

02

我(wǒ)应(yīng)该(gāi)尽(jìn)我(wǒ)的(de)全(quán)力(lì)。

I have to do my best.

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

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