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锲而不舍

锲而不舍 qièérbùshě

锲而不舍 qièérbùshě Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 锲而不舍 qièérbùshě .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qièérbùshě | qie4 er2 bu4 she3
English translation
to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth
to persevere
unflagging efforts

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Read some general information about the Chinese word 锲而不舍 qièérbùshě .

Traditional form

鍥而不捨

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Come for Peace. Stay for Wisdom.

Etymology of 锲而不舍 qièérbùshě

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 锲而不舍 qièérbùshě .

qiè

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

钅契

Number of Strokes

14

ér

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a beard, now written as Ér . The current use as a conjunction is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

6

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4

shě

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

shé

Semantic compound

rén

Positional decomposition

人舌

Number of Strokes

8

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