Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"

Nível: HSK 5 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

好不容易 (hǎo bù róngyì) means "very difficult" or "really not easy." 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 to x, but then I realized y." Sentences using 好不容易 are often followed by 才 (cái) , emphasizing the action has been completed only with great difficulty. Strange as it might seem, 好容易 has the same meaning as 好不容易, and can be used interchangeably. 好不容易 is more common. Subj. + 好 (不) 容易 + 才 + [Result]

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 我们好不容易才做完这个项目，结果合同取消了。 (wǒmen hǎobùróngyì cái zuòwán zhè gè xiàngmù，jiéguǒ hétóng qǔxiāo le 。): "We finally finished the project and the contract was cancelled."
• 我好不容易才到市中心，却发现没带手机，只好回去拿。 (wǒ hǎobùróngyì cái dào shìzhōngxīn， què fāxiàn méi dài shǒujī，zhǐhǎo húiqù ná 。): "I finally got to the city center, but found that I didn't bring my cell phone with me, so I had to go back and get it."
• 金融危机之后他好不容易才找到工作，现在又辞职了。 (jīnróng wēijī zhīhòu tā hǎobùróngyì cái zhǎodào gōngzuò，xiànzài yòu cízhí le 。): "After the financial crisis, he finally found a job, and now he resigned."
• 我好不容易才打通了银行的服务热线。 (wǒ hǎobùróngyì cái dǎtōng le yínxíng de fúwù rèxiàn 。): "I finally got through the bank's service hotline."
• 他们好不容易才爬到了山顶，结果下起了大雨。 (tāmen hǎobùróngyì cái pá dào le shāndǐng，jiéguǒ xiàqǐ le dàyǔ 。): "They finally climbed to the top of the mountain and it rained heavily."

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