好不容易

hǎo bù róng yì

HSK level: HSK 3.0 · 6

Meaning

with great difficulty; very difficult

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Characters

好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well女子不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一容róngappearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold宀谷易yìto change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy日勿

Examples

他们好不容易才回答了他们老师的问题。

tā men hǎo bù róng yì cái huí dá le tā men lǎo shī de wèn tí。

They answered their teacher's question with difficulty.