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毅力

yì lì

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

毅力 (yì lì) means "perseverance; willpower". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 毅力 means

1. perseverance
2. willpower

The characters in 毅力

• 毅yìfirm and resolute; staunch
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 学好一门外语需要坚韧不拔的毅力。
  Xuéhǎo yī mén wàiyǔ xūyào jiānrènbùbá de yìlì.
  Mastering a foreign language involves a lot of patience.
• 就像你们知道的那样，毅力是成功的关键。
  Jiù xiàng nǐmen zhīdào de nàyàng, yìlì shì chénggōng de guānjiàn.
  Perseverance, as you know, is the key to success.
• 信心、毅力、勇气三者具备，则天下没有做不成的事。
  Xìnxīn, yìlì, yǒngqì sān zhě jùbèi, zé tiānxià méiyǒu zuò bù chéng de shì.
  If confidence, determination and courage are together in one place, there is nothing that cannot be done.

Words containing 毅力

• 有毅力yǒu yì lìpersevering; unwavering

Sounds the same

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

• 屹立to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)

Where 毅力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (2) (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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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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