争气
争气
zhēng qì
to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
verb
Traditional: 爭氣
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- (verb) to work hard for sth
- to resolve on improvement
- determined not to fall short
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Related Words
一暴十寒(yī pù shí hán)· one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→一曝十寒(yī pù shí hán)· one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→俾夜作昼(bǐ yè zuò zhòu)· lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
→做牛做马(zuò niú zuò mǎ)· lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
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