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好容易 VS 好不容易？
Oct 8, 2008 04:45
guest4267 I am a bit confused about the difference between 好容易 and 好不容易. Do they mean the same thing? To my understanding, I think 好容易 means "do something easily" and 好不容易 means reversely. Am I right?
Oct 9, 2008 00:57
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GUEST20798 No. sometimes 好不 means pretty or extraordinary orally, so sometimes 好不容易 will be easier than 好容易. But if the stress is at 不，好不容易 means " pretty hard " . when heard the word like this , have to understand accord to context and the speaker's tone. Normally , you are right, I don't think chinese will use the first usage of 好不容易 to a foreigner.
Oct 22, 2008 00:50
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  • ZENCHEN
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just use 好不容易 to express NOT EASY.forget 好容易
Oct 29, 2008 03:52
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GUEST57167 So both 好容易 and 好不容易 have the meanings of " very easy" and " very hard". It depends the speakers tone and the situation. Haha!
Oct 30, 2008 16:37
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hehe . to be a 25 years native of beijing , i give you the correct answer .

好容易，好不容易 have the same mean , one put a lot of efforts then secessfully do something . although 不 means nagetive , but here it is not the negative meaning .

similarly , i give you another example . 德国足球队大胜美国队，德国足球队大败美国足球队 maybe you know that 胜，败 have the opposite meaning , but , the key to this two sentens is 德国 at the front of 美国.
Oct 30, 2008 16:38
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the only difference of 好不容易 and 好容易 , is 好容易 often use in writtings, 好不容易 often use in speaking .
Oct 31, 2008 06:52
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I 好不容易 can understand the above explanation, you say I 容易不容易？
Apr 26, 2009 19:15
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GUEST23229 好不痛快，好痛快
May 1, 2009 15:04
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haha,Chinese is so interesting！
Sep 5, 2012 13:39
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GUEST18855 can I use 非常/很/特别 好不容易 ？
Sep 13, 2012 19:33
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you are right, I don't think chinese will use the first usage of 好不容易 to a foreigner.
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