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费了九牛二虎之力

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Collocation

1
费了九牛二虎之力,才/终于……(做成某事)
2
费了九牛二虎之力做成了这事
3
做成这事,他可费了九牛二虎之力

Definition

费了九牛二虎之力

Literally means:

make tremendous efforts

Actually means:

strain oneself to the limit

It means making tremendous efforts or spending an immense amount of energy.

形容耗掉极大的力气或精力。

Example

Used as predicate or adverbial adjunct. (作谓语、状语)
1
men
他们
wèile
为了
yíng
zhè
cháng
qiú
  
,
fèi
le
jiǔniúèrzhī
九牛二虎之力
ya
  
!
yīnggāi
应该
hǎohǎo
好好
jiǎng
奖励
men
他们
cái
shì
  

They enough to win the game! You should reward them well.

2
Chǎngzhǎng
厂长
fèi
le
jiǔniúèrzhī
九牛二虎之力
  
,
cái
còu
凑足
le
zhè
这笔
yánjiū
研究
jīngfèi
经费
  
,
men
你们
yào
jiéshěng
节省
diǎn
yòng
  
,
néng
shǒujiǎo
大手大脚
  

The factory director enough effort, only to make up the full amount of research funds, you can save some use, can not be big hands and feet.

3
men
我们
jiā
zhège
这个
páizi
牌子
  
,
shì
ye
爷爷
qīn
父亲
liǎng
dài
rén
fèi
le
jiǔniúèrzhī
九牛二虎之力
chuàng
xiàlái
下来
de
  
,
juéduì
绝对
néng
huǐ
zài
men
我们
sān
第三
dài
shǒu
手里
  

Our family this brand, is grandfather and father two generations of effort to set up, absolutely can not be destroyed in our third generation of hands.