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努力 nǔlì

努力 nǔlì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 努力 nǔlì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nǔlì | nu3 li4
English translation
great effort
to strive
to try hard

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Traditional form

努力 nǔlì

Part of speech

Adverbial adjective / 副形词 Fùxíng cí
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Etymology of 努力 nǔlì

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

奴力

Number of Strokes

7

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a plow, representing strength

Positional decomposition

丿 piě

Number of Strokes

2

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Example sentences using 努力 nǔlì

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不懈 bù xiè de 努力 nǔlì ràng 重拾 chóng shí 信心 xìnxīn .

And the hard work built up her confidence.

工作 gōngzuò zhēn gòu 努力 nǔlì de .

She works damn hard.

经过 jīngguò 几个 jǐ ge yuè de 努力 nǔlì , zhè běn 新书渐渐 jiàn jiàn 成型 chéng xíng le .

After months of work, the new book is gradually taking shape.

gāi 努力 nǔlì chú 那次事故 shìgù de 记忆 jìyì .

You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.

Néng jiāng de 工作 gōngzuò chā 归因于努力 nǔlì 不够 bù gòu .

You can't chalk his bad work up to lack of trying.

努力 nǔlì Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 努力 nǔlì and their own compounds.

努力 nǔlì Compounds

See all 240 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 努力 nǔlì in their composition.

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      • dòng
      • Jiā
      • biān
      • nán
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      • bàn
      • zhù
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      • lēi
      • láo
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      • liè
      • kān
        • kàn
      • juàn
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