力 量 lì liàng power / force / strength 暴 力 bào lì violence / force / violent 势 力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) 强 制 qiáng zhì to force / to compel / to coerce / forced / compulsory / Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4] 强 迫 qiǎng pò to compel / to force 逼 迫 bī pò to force / to compel / to coerce 部 队 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] 迫 使 pò shǐ to force / to compel 胁 迫 xié pò to coerce / to compel / to force 勒 令 lè lìng to order / to force 力 power / force / strength / ability / strenuously 生 意 shēng yì life force / vitality 风 情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc 活 力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force 主 力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 勉 强 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough 苦 笑 kǔ xiào to force a smile / a bitter laugh 劳 动 力 láo dòng lì labor force / manpower 现 行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current 占 领 zhàn lǐng to capture / to seize / to occupy by force 空 军 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked 吸 引 力 xī yǐn lì attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness 强 行 qiáng xíng to do sth by force / Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2] 生 产 力 shēng chǎn lì production capability / productive force / productivity 合 力 hé lì to join forces / concerted effort / (physics) resultant force 武 力 wǔ lì military force 工 作 组 gōng zuò zǔ work team / working group / task force 示 威 shì wēi to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force 惯 性 guàn xìng (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual 风 力 fēng lì wind force / wind power 破 门 pò mén to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) 狂 飙 kuáng biāo hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force 强 弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure 拉 丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 神 力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 硬 着 头 皮 yìng zhe tóu pí to brace oneself to do sth / to put a bold face on it / to summon up courage / to force oneself to 冲 击 力 chōng jī lì force of impact or thrust 收 缴 shōu jiǎo to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy 弹 力 tán lì elasticity / elastic force / spring / rebound / bounce 催 生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence 扭 矩 niǔ jǔ torque / turning force 攻 入 gōng rù to force entrance into / to score a goal (sport) 自 卫 队 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces 拉 力 lā lì pulling force / (fig.) allure / (materials testing) tensile strength / (loanword) rally 外 力 wài lì external force / pressure from outside 劳 力 láo lì labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force 三 军 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force 警 力 jǐng lì police force / police officers 霸 占 bà zhàn to occupy by force / to seize / to dominate 讨 伐 tǎo fá to suppress by armed force / to send a punitive expedition against / to crusade against 挤 进 jǐ jìn to break into / to force one's way into / to barge into 扣 住 kòu zhù to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook 奋 勇 fèn yǒng dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will 流 亡 liú wáng to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile 主 力 军 zhǔ lì jūn main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort 原 动 力 yuán dòng lì motive force / prime mover / first cause / agent 破 坏 力 pò huài lì destructive force 动 武 dòng wǔ to use force / to come to blows 干 笑 gān xiào to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1] 扭 力 niǔ lì torque / turning force / torsion 重 兵 zhòng bīng massive military force 生 力 军 shēng lì jūn fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force 磁 力 cí lì magnetic force / magnetic 特 派 tè pài special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission 强 加 qiáng jiā to impose / to force upon 推 动 力 tuī dòng lì driving force 不 可 抗 力 bù kě kàng lì force majeure / act of God 异 军 突 起 yì jūn tū qǐ to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom) 攻 陷 gōng xiàn to capture (a fortress, city etc) / to take by force 推 力 tuī lì driving force / impetus / thrust (of a boat or airplane engine) / repelling force 猛 力 měng lì with all one's might / with sudden force / violently / to slam 湘 军 Xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion 武 装 力 量 wǔ zhuāng lì liàng armed force 动 因 dòng yīn motivation / moving force / underlying force / agent 追 缴 zhuī jiǎo to recover (stolen property) / to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils 拉 夫 lā fū to force into service / press-gang 锦 衣 卫 jǐn yī wèi Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors 势 如 破 竹 shì rú pò zhú like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force 远 征 军 yuǎn zhēng jūn expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition 硬 碰 硬 yìng pèng yìng to meet force with force / painstaking 后 援 hòu yuán reinforcement / back-up / supporting force 冲 力 chōng lì momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) 保 安 人 员 bǎo ān rén yuán security personnel / member of police force 迫 降 pò xiáng to force sb to surrender 迫 降 pò jiàng to force a plane to land 向 心 力 xiàng xīn lì centripetal force / (fig.) cohering force / cohesion / team spirit 维 和 部 队 wéi hé bù duì peace-keeping force 推 手 tuī shǒu promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi) 强 占 qiáng zhàn to occupy by force 工 作 队 gōng zuò duì a working group / a task force 作 用 力 zuò yòng lì (physics) action force 强 颜 欢 笑 qiǎng yán huān xiào to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile 赶 跑 gǎn pǎo to drive away / to force out / to repel 力 场 lì chǎng force field (physics) 空 军 一 号 Kōng jūn Yī hào Air Force One, US presidential jet 挤 入 jǐ rù to squeeze in / to force oneself into / to cram into / to intrude 强 弩 之 末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force 强 人 所 难 qiǎng rén suǒ nán to force someone to do something 强 令 qiáng lìng to order by force / peremptory 强 词 夺 理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats
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