Difference between revisions of "Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi""
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Revision as of 02:11, 16 November 2011
好不容易(hǎo bù róngyì) means "very difficult". It is often used where the speaker wants to comment on the result of their hard work, something like "It was really hard for me do to do x, but then I realized y".
For example:
- 我 好不容易 才到 市 中心， 却 发现 没 带 手机，只好 回去 拿。
- 金融 危机 爆发 之后 他 好不容易 才 找到 工作。
- 我 好不容易 才 打通 了 银行 的 服务 热线。
Sentences using 好不容易 are often followed by 才, emphasizing the action has been completed later than expected. Strange as it might seem, 好容易 has the same meaning as 好不容易, and can be used interchangeably.
