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力争

lì zhēng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 力爭

力争 (lì zhēng) means "to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 力争 means

1. to work hard for
2. to do all one can
3. to contend strongly

The characters in 力争

• 力lìpower; force; strength
• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate

Example sentences

• 自由是我们所力争的。
  Zìyóu shì wǒmen suǒ lìzhēng de.
  Freedom is what we're fighting for.

Words starting with 力争

• 力争上游lì zhēng shàng yóuto strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result; to have high ambitions

Words containing 力争

• 据理力争jù lǐ lì zhēngto contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right

Sounds the same

Read lì zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 力征by force; to conquer by force of arms; power

Where 力争 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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