勉

miǎn

endeavor, make effort; urge

How to write 勉, stroke by stroke

to exhort; to make an effort

Pictophonetic: semantic 力 (strength), phonetic 免

Made of 免 + 力

勉强miǎn qiǎngto do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
互勉hù miǎnto encourage each other
勉力miǎn lìto strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself
勉励miǎn lìto encourage
勤勉qín miǎndiligence; diligent; industrious
劝勉quàn miǎnto advise; to encourage
自勉zì miǎnto encourage oneself
规勉guī miǎnto advise and encourage
勉勉强强miǎn miǎn qiǎng qiǎngto achieve with difficulty; only just up to the task; barely adequate
勉力而为miǎn lì ér wéito try one's best to do sth (idiom)
勉为其难miǎn wéi qí nánto tackle a difficult job (idiom); to do sth reluctantly
勉县miǎn xiànMian County in Hanzhong 汉中, Shaanxi

他勉强同意了我的建议。
tā miǎn qiǎng tóng yì le wǒ de jiàn yì 。
He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.
这些日子我们勉强糊口。
zhè xiē rì zi wǒ men miǎn qiǎng hú kǒu 。
We lived from hand to mouth in those days.
他勉强地通过了考试。
tā miǎn qiǎng dì tōng guò le kǎo shì 。
He barely passed the examination.
火车马上就要开，我们勉强可以赶到。
huǒ chē mǎ shàng jiù yào kāi ， wǒ men miǎn qiǎng kě yǐ gǎn dào 。
The train is about to leave, we can barely catch it.
她勉强能自己煮晚餐吃。
tā miǎn qiǎng néng zì jǐ zhǔ wǎn cān chī 。
She was able to cook herself dinner, after a fashion.