马力 mǎlì horsepower
How to remember 马力: 马 horse (Kangxi radical 187) + 力 power = horsepower.
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How it is used
- Horsepower - 这台发动机有三百马力 (zhè tái fādòngjī yǒu sānbǎi mǎlì) this engine has 300 horsepower.
- The unit of engine power; also figurative 开足马力 (kāizú mǎlì) = to go full throttle / at full capacity.
- Register: mechanics, and the common idiom 开足马力.
Example sentences
- 马力很可爱，不是么？ Mǎlì hěn kěài, búshì me?Mary is very cute, isn't she?