记忆力 | jì yì lì | memory (power) |
想象力 | xiǎng xiàng lì | imagination |
吸力 | xī lì | attraction (in gravitation or electrostatics); attractive force |
摩擦阻力 | mó cā zǔ lì | parasitic drag |
全力以赴 | quán lì yǐ fù | do at all costs; make an all-out effort |
火力发电厂 | huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng | fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas) |
力所能及 | lì suǒ néng jí | as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability; within one's powers |
不遗余力 | bù yí yú lì | to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost |
脑力 | nǎo lì | mental |
巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | chocolate (loanword); CL:块 |
同心协力 | tóng xīn xié lì | to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to pull together; to work as one |
重力场 | zhòng lì chǎng | gravitational field |
畜力 | chù lì | animal powered (as opposed to human or machine powered) |
卖力 | mài lì | really put out energy for |
量子力学 | liàng zǐ lì xué | quantum mechanics |
扭力 | niǔ lì | torque; turning force; torsion |
冲力 | chōng lì | impulse |
核动力 | hé dòng lì | nuclear powered |
理解力 | lǐ jiě lì | understand; ability to grasp ideas |
军力 | jūn lì | military power |
静力学 | jìng lì xué | statics |
齐心协力 | qí xīn xié lì | to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to pull together; to work as one |
协力 | xié lì | unite in common effort |
原动力 | yuán dòng lì | motive force; prime mover; first cause; agent |
剪应力 | jiǎn yìng lì | shear stress |
年富力强 | nián fù lì qiáng | young and vigorous (idiom) |
魄力 | pò lì | courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive |
魅力 | mèi lì | charm; fascination; glamor; charisma |
国力 | guó lì | a nation's power |
力主 | lì zhǔ | advocate strongly |
自食其力 | zì shí qí lì | lit. to eat off one's own strength; fig. to stand on one's own feet; to earn one's own living (idiom) |
目力 | mù lì | eyesight (i.e. quality of vision) |
着力 | zhuó lì | to put effort into sth; to try really hard |
人力车 | rén lì chē | rickshaw |
力战 | lì zhàn | to fight with all one's might |
通力合作 | tōng lì hé zuò | to join forces; to give full cooperation |
眼力 | yǎn lì | eyesight; strength of vision; the ability to make discerning judgments |
苦力 | kǔ lì | bitter work; hard toil; coolie (English is loan word), unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times |
魔力 | mó lì | magic; magic power |
势均力敌 | shì jūn lì dí | evenly matched adversaries (idiom) |
力场 | lì chǎng | force field (physics) |
笔力 | bǐ lì | vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing; vigor of style in literary composition |
身体力行 | shēn tǐ lì xíng | to practice what one preaches (idiom) |
量力而行 | liàng lì ér xíng | to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence; One does what one can. |
开足马力 | kāi zú mǎ lì | to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed; fig. to work as hard as possible |
力不从心 | lì bù cóng xīn | less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
力行 | lì xíng | to practice diligently; to act energetically |
功力 | gōng lì | merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power |
剪力 | jiǎn lì | shear; shearing force |
一臂之力 | yī bì zhī lì | (lend) a helping hand |