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一鼓作气

yī gǔ zuò qì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 一鼓作氣

一鼓作气 (yī gǔ zuò qì) means "in a spurt of energy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一鼓作气 means

1. in a spurt of energy

The characters in 一鼓作气

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

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