马力

馬力

mǎlì

noun HSK 7-9 #11,558

Meanings

这辆车有三百马力。

Zhè liàng chē yǒu sānbǎi mǎlì.

This car has 300 horsepower.

我们要开足马力完成任务。

Wǒmen yào kāizú mǎlì wánchéng rènwu.

We need to go full throttle to complete the task.

usage

开足马力 (kāizú mǎlì) literally means 'open up full horsepower' — a common idiom meaning to go all out or work at full capacity.

马 mǎ

力 lì