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开足马力

kāi zú mǎ lì

4-character word Traditional 開足馬力

What 开足马力 means

1. to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed
2. fig. to work as hard as possible

The characters in 开足马力

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 力lìpower; force; strength

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