他用盡九牛二虎之力也開不了那道門。

No matter how he tried, he could not open the door.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他用 tāyòng
  1. other use
  2. other purpose
2 盡 jìn
  1. to use up
  2. to exhaust
  3. to end
  4. to finish
  5. to the utmost
  6. exhausted
  7. finished
  8. to the limit (of sth)
  9. all
  10. entirely
3 九牛二虎之力 jiǔniúèrhǔzhīlì tremendous strength (idiom)
=4 也 Yě surname Ye
=4 也 yě
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a
5 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
=6 不了 bùle no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
=6 不了 bùliǎo
  1. (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth)
  2. (pattern: {verb} + 個 ge + ~) without end; incessantly
=7 那 Nā surname Na
=7 那 Nuó surname Nuo
=7 那 nǎ variant of 哪 nǎ
=7 那 nà
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=7 那 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of 挪 nuó
8 道門 dàomén
  1. (Mainland China, dated) superstitious cults
  2. Taoist school; Taoism
  3. superstitious cults