power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.

力 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + : Mnemonic symbol: ㇆ just looks like a plow.

Someone attached a flute to the top of a crowbar to create a new instrument. When the crowbar is bowed with a plow, the vibrations of the crowbar will transfer to the flute, which in turn is producing eerie sounds.

Characters with 力 as component

to rob / to plunder / to seize by force / to coerce / calamity / abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) seized (劫) the elevator, and in the kitchen (e2) her reward is waiting for her: a concrete barrel (去) with a power button (力) on top. Joan of Arc knows that this is the loot box and that she has to push the button to get her loot (劫).
variant of 劫[jie2]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) seized (劫) the elevator, and in the kitchen (e2) her reward is waiting for her: a concrete barrel (去) with a power button (力) on top. Joan of Arc knows that this is the loot box and that she has to push the button to get her loot (劫).
variant of 劫[jie2]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) seized (劫) the elevator, and in the kitchen (e2) her reward is waiting for her: a concrete barrel (去) with a power button (力) on top. Joan of Arc knows that this is the loot box and that she has to push the button to get her loot (劫).
variant of 劫[jie2]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) seized (劫) the elevator, and in the kitchen (e2) her reward is waiting for her: a concrete barrel (去) with a power button (力) on top. Joan of Arc knows that this is the loot box and that she has to push the button to get her loot (劫).
suffix of a noun of locality
side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously

= + : Brunhilde fell down on the sidewalk in front of the anthill. One of her gladiator sandals got stuck in a electricity line at the side of the inn.
strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4]

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) is training with lots of energy (劲) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). Again and again the presses a power button (力) which releases a boxing glove (又) fixed to a steel beam (工) which she has to hit with her fist to punch it back into its original position.
stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful
to advise / to urge / to try to persuade / to exhort / to console / to soothe

= + : Cupid (qu) is wearing his new boxing glove (又) as he sees an emergency power button (力) which would perfectly fit his glove in a blow in the anthill's bathroom (an4). There is an inner voice which advises (劝) him not to hit that button with his boxing glove, but yet he feels the urge (劝) to just do it.
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means

= + : Willy Walrus practices a performance in the space station's bathroom. To honor the CCP, he dances wearing high heels. The grande finale is a banner that is unrolled upon hitting a power button, which reads "为人民服务".
to exert / to strive

= + : There is an emergency in the space station (Ø3), but both Nelson Newt (nu) and the slave (奴) are too weak to push the emergency power button (力). They exert (努) all their power to push the button together and let ground control know of the emergency.
to exhort / to make an effort

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants do drink a beer in the anthill (an3), but first there is a disclaimer (免) she has to accept. She makes an effort (勉) to push the button (力) again and again, but the disclaimer just won't disappear.
young

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a kindergarten.

Maud Younger (y) is taking care of a kindergarten (幼) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). To keep the young (幼) children busy she plays blackjack with them, each time dealing a card by pressing a power button (力). To make life not too hard for them, she is exclusively dealing aces (幺).
to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed / to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a very hardworking laborer from the 劳动人民.

A laborer worked very hard to outfit the aorta's kitchen with artificial lawn and an electrically movable sunshade made from a cooking top. As he finishes he is overjoyed to play with the sunshade, having it move up and down, to and fro in crazy ways. As Lancelot enters, Lancelot pushes the off button and gives the laborer an upset look, asking without using words what nonsense he's doing.
canvass for contributions / to recruit / to collect / to raise

Words with 力

main force / main strength of an army
to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
not to do one's best / not to exert oneself
lacking in strength / weak / feeble
unpredictable eventuality / unpreventable / unavoidable / impossible to overcome / nothing can be done about it / act of God / force majeure
main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort
to overestimate one's capabilities
as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
lame (unimpressive) / a huge letdown / not to try at all

Sentences with 力

dà
xia̅n
fǎ
lì
wú
qióng