吃力 [
chī lì]
entail strenuous effort
be a strain
- 与这位外国人交谈,我有点吃力。
I have some difficulty (in) talking with the foreigner. - 那老翁在老年的残疾之下很吃力。
The aged man is laboring under the handicaps of old age. - 编词典是一种极其吃力的苦差。
Compiling a dictionary is an awful sweat.