Correct
好不容易
/ hǎo bù róng yì /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
好不容易才……
Definition
好不容易
Literally means:
with great difficulty; have a hard time.
Actually means:
It is not at all easy to get something done. It is often used to mean that it requires great efforts to get something done.
好不容易，很不容易(才做成某件事)。它多用于花很多功夫才做到的事情。
Example
Usually used as adverbial adjunct. Often used with cai It has the same meaning as Hao bu rongyi, and is negative only. (常作状语，常和 “才” 搭配，跟 “好不容易” 的意思一样，只能表示否定)
1
Wǒ
我
pǎobiàn
跑遍
le
了
quánchéng
全城
,
hǎobùróngyì
好不容易
cái
才
mǎi
买
dào
到
zhè
这
běn
本
shū
书
。
I ran all over the city before I could buy the book.
2
Wǒ
我
hǎobùróngyì
好不容易
cái
才
bǎ
把
zhè
这
wūzi
屋子
dǎsǎo
打扫
gānjìng
干净
,
nǐ
你
yī
一
huílai
回来
yòu
又
bǎ
把
tā
它
nòng
弄
luàn
乱
le
了
It was not easy for me to clean the house, and as soon as you came back, you messed it up again
3
Nǐ
你
fùmǔ
父母
hǎobùróngyì
好不容易
bǎ
把
nǐ
你
yǎng
养
zhème
这么
dà
大
,
nǐ
你
zěnme
怎么
néng
能
zhèyàng
这样
duìdài
对待
tāmen
他们
,
ràng
让
tāmen
他们
shāngxīn
伤心
ne
呢
?
It's not easy for your parents to raise you so big, how can you treat them like this and make them sad?