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HSK
power; force; strength
HSK 3
motive power / (fig.) motivation; impetus
HSK 3
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive / hard-working; conscientious
HSK 2
strength
HSK 3
pressure
HSK 3
(loanword) chocolate / CL: 塊|块
HSK 4
hearing / listening ability
HSK 3
capability / ability / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
physical strength
HSK 4
intelligence / intellect
HSK 4
power / influence / a force (military, political etc)
HSK 5
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  *力* | 力* | *力
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
HSK 3
manpower / labor power
HSK 5
to devote oneself to; to work toward
HSK 7-9
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
labor force / manpower
HSK 7-9
energy (physical or mental)
HSK 4
endurance race
energy / vitality / vigor / vital force
HSK 5
ability to get things done
physical labor
to strongly urge
(aerodynamics) lift
powerful / forceful / vigorous
HSK 5
spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent / drained / washed out
HSK 7-9
perseverance / willpower
HSK 7-9
energetically; vigorously
HSK 6
main force / main strength of an army
HSK 7-9
to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
physical strength / physical power
HSK 5
exhausted; worn out
bicycle or tricycle equipped with a small motor (electric or fuel); (in modern use) electric bicycle; low-powered e-scooter
(idiom) to want to do sth but be unable to; willing but unable
power / authority
HSK 6
to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
HSK 4
(idiom) to make an all-out effort
HSK 7-9
to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly
HSK 7-9
manual laborer; unskilled laborer
electrical power / electricity
HSK 6
military force
HSK 7-9
Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand)
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
HSK 7-9
force majeure; act of God
strategic nuclear force
violence / force / violent
HSK 6
to help; to aid / assistance
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
charm / fascination / glamor / charisma
HSK 7-9
advocate strongly
strength / vigor / efforts / (music) dynamics
HSK 7-9
with all one's strength / full strength / all-out (effort) / fully (support)
HSK 6
effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity)
HSK 7-9
infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
HSK 7-9
milk chocolate
potential; latent capacity
HSK 6
white chocolate
resistance / drag
HSK 7-9
to exert oneself
thermodynamics
as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers
HSK 7-9
biomechanics
electrodynamics
bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
HSK 7-9
to make every effort to / striving to do one's best
HSK 7-9
to join forces / to give full cooperation
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to act in concert; to pool ideas and efforts
lacking in strength; weak; feeble / not up to the task
to become intoxicated after having only one or two drinks
cohesion / cohesiveness / cohesive
Rio Tinto (UK-Australian mining corporation)
promising / showing potential
to exert oneself physically
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
HSK 7-9
(idiom) powerless to save the situation; unable to avert disaster
labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force
(physics) attractive force (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction; appeal
force field (physics)
main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort
buoyancy
HSK 7-9
(personal) warmth / approachability / accessibility / (in a product) user friendliness / (chemistry) affinity
HSK 7-9
to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one
Earth's gravity
mental and physical efforts
to urge / to press (for action)
courageous and strong (idiom) / Herculean (physique etc)
willpower
destructive power / harmfulness
as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
to try hard to / to strive to
conception / imagination
(idiom) lacking strength and support
occult force / the power of a God or spirit
(idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
HSK 7-9
to do everything one can / to spare no effort / to strive
HSK 7-9
(physics) action force
military strength / armed forces / troops
(physics) mechanics / (literary) to study hard
quantum mechanics

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