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努力

nǔ lì
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. to make an effort; to try hard; to strive
  2. 2. hard-working; conscientious

Example Sentences

3 shown
努力 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5102184)
他 努力 學習。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6103217)
我在 努力 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13117576)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 努力

努力以赴
nǔ lì yǐ fù

to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)

刻苦努力
kè kǔ nǔ lì

assiduous

贝努力
bèi nǔ lì

Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))

共同努力
gòng tóng nǔ lì

to work together

加大努力
jiā dà nǔ lì

to try harder

Child Words of 努力

努
nǔ

to exert

力
lì

power