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竭力

jié lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

竭力 (jié lì) means "to do one's utmost". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 竭力 means

1. to do one's utmost

The characters in 竭力

• 竭jiéto exhaust
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Words containing 竭力

• 尽心竭力jìn xīn jié lìto spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost

Sounds the same

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

• 孑立to be alone; to stand in isolation

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