开足马力 (kāi zú mǎ lì) — to go full steam ahead; to put into high gear; to spare no effort
Definition
An idiom meaning 'go full steam ahead' — like cranking a machine to maximum. Used for effort, speed, or production running at full capacity.
idiom
to go full steam aheadto put into high gearto spare no effort
Examples
- ,开足马力。Wèi le àn shí wán chéng xiàng mù, tā men kāi zú mǎ lì dì gōng zuò.To complete the project on time, they worked at full speed.
- ,开足马力。Bǐ sài yì kāi shǐ, tā jiù kāi zú mǎ lì dì chōng le chū qù.As soon as the race started, he dashed out at full speed.
- 开足马力,。Gōng sī jué dìng kāi zú mǎ lì, quán lì kāi fā xīn chǎn pǐn.The company decided to go all out and develop new products with full force.
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