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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lì | Li4
English translation
surname Li
to encourage
to urge
to encourage; to strive

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

strength

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

厉力

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. also serves as a sound component.

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责骂 zé mà 那个 nà ge lǎn rén ,激励 jīlì 有所作为.

He prodded the lazy man into action by scolding.

上星期 shàng xīng qī de 胜利 shènglì jiāng 激励 jīlì 这支队伍 duìwǔ 继续 jìxù 前进 qián jìn .

Their success last week will gee the team up.

zài 实验 shíyàn de qián bàn fēn , 研究 yánjiū 人员 rényuán zài 学生 xuésheng dòng shí 给予 jǐyǔ 鼓励 gǔlì .

In the first half of the experiment, researchers offered encouragement while the students lifted away.

chī bǎo le 就是 jiù shì zhǒng 享受 xiǎngshòu 安慰 ānwèi 鼓励 gǔlì .

Yes, have a kind of enjoy the comfort and encouragement.

怎样才能激励 jīlì 这些 zhè xiē 罪犯 zuìfàn 洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn ne

What can be done to encourage convicted offenders to change their ways?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鼓励 gǔlì to encourage鼓勵
奖励 jiǎnglì to reward獎勵
激励 jīlì to urge激勵
励志 lì zhì to encourage勵志
to urge
王励勤 Wáng Lì qín Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist王勵勤
勉励 miǎnlì to encourage勉勵

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Decomposition

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