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激励

jī lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 激勵

激励 (jī lì) means "to encourage". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 激励 means

1. to encourage
2. to urge
3. motivation
4. incentive

The characters in 激励

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 励lìto encourage; to urge

Example sentences

• 他的演说激励了所有的男孩。
  Tā de yǎnshuō jīlì le suǒyǒu de nánhái.
  His speech inspired all the boys.
• 黑板上写满了数学方程式，老师正用一把砍刀当教鞭讲解。黑板上方写着一句格言，大概是为了激励学生：「学习并遵循胡志明主席的教诲，我们的心灵更加光明！」
  A blackboard had been covered with math equations, which the teacher was explaining, using a machete as a pointer. Above the blackboard was a motto, probably intended to be inspirational: "Studying and following Uncle Ho's words, our hearts are brighter!"

Words starting with 激励

• 激励机制jī lì jī zhìincentive mechanism; incentives

Where 激励 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jī (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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