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够呛

gòuqiàng

unlikely; difficult; hard to bear

A person struggles to carry a huge box up the stairs.
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Characters in this word

够 gòu

Strokes
11
Radical
夕 — evening, night, dusk
Made of
句 sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph 多 much, many, multi-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

呛 qiāng

Strokes
7
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 仓 granary, barn
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 项目资料缺失严重,审计组想在本周内完成复核够呛。 Xiàngmù zīliào quēshī yánzhòng, shěnjìzǔ xiǎng zài běn zhōu nèi wánchéng fùhé gòuqiàng. The project documents are seriously incomplete, so it will be difficult for the audit team to complete the review this week.
  • 明天就考试了,我现在才开始复习,够呛。 Míngtiān jiù kǎoshì le, wǒ xiànzài cái kāishǐ fùxí, gòuqiàng. The exam is tomorrow and I'm only starting to review now; that's going to be tough.
  • 这么重的箱子,一个人搬上楼够呛。 Zhème zhòng de xiāngzi, yí ge rén bān shàng lóu gòuqiàng. A box this heavy is too much for one person to carry upstairs.

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