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九牛二虎之力

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费了九牛二虎之力才(做成某事)
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费了九牛二虎之力把……
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费了/用了九牛二虎之力
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有九牛二虎之力

Definition

九牛二虎之力

Literally means:

the power of nine oxen and two tigers

Actually means:

tremendous effort

It figuratively refers to tremendous effort, often used in a situation in which it demands Herculean efforts to accomplish something.

比喻很大的力气。常用于很费力才做成一件事的场合。

Example

Used as object. (作宾语)
1
Ér  
儿子
zigào
告诉
  
,
  
动画
dòng
huà
那个
gexiǎo
怪物
guài
穿
wu
chuānshang
魔鞋
  
,
xié  yǒujiǔniúèr
九牛二虎之力
  
,
zhī
打败
  
  
,
yào
必须
bài
  
毁掉
魔鞋
  

My son told me that the little monster in the animation put on magic shoes, there is a force of two tigers, to defeat him, you must first destroy the magic shoes.

2
zuì
le
  
,
dǎo
zài
shang
地上
  
,
liǎng
xiǎohái
小孩
yòng
le
jiǔniúèrzhī
九牛二虎之力
háishi
还是
无法
lai
起来
  

He was drunk and fell to the ground, and the two children were unable to pull him up with the force of a tiger.

3
Chū
zhè
běn
shū
shì
èrshí
二十
nián
qián
chūbǎn
出版
de
  
,
bān
一般
de
shūdiàn
书店
dōu
mǎi
dào
不到
  
fèi
le
jiǔniúèrzhī
九牛二虎之力
cái
zài
jiùshūtān
旧书摊
shàng
zhǎodào
找到
  

The book was published twenty years ago and is not available in the average bookstore. It took me a long time to find it on an old book stand.