勉miǎnⅠ ? ? (努力) endeavor to; exert oneself; strive: 勤 ~ work hard; 奮 ~ make a determined effort; ~ 盡全力 do one's best; make one's best endeavors ? (勉勵) encourage; urge: 勸 ~ exhort; persuade sb. to; 自 ~ spur oneself on ? (力量不夠而盡力做) force oneself to work hard; strive to do onerous work: ~ 為其難 take up a difficult job as best one can Ⅱ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 昂 Mian Ang ◆勉勵 encourage; urge; 勉強 manage with an effort; do with difficulty; reluctantly; grudgingly; force sb. to do sth.; inadequate; unconvincing; strained; farfetched; barely enough; 勉為其難 undertake to do a difficult job as best one can; be forced to do a difficult thing; make shift to ...; manage to do a difficult job beyond one's reach; (persuade sb. to) take up an onerous work [task]; make the best of a bad job; contrive with difficulty |