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全力 (quán lì) — (noun) full strength, all one's effort; (adverb) with all one's strength, to the fullest extent

Definition

全力 means 'with full strength' — usually adverbial, modifying a verb (全力支持). 大力 emphasizes scale/resources behind an effort; 奋力 stresses pushing hard against difficulty.

noun
full strengthall one's effort
adverb
with all one's strengthto the fullest extent
Easily confused

Examples

  • 全力。
    Wǒ men quán lì zhī chí tā de jì huà.
    We fully support his plan.
  • 全力。
    Wǒ huì jìn quán lì lái wán chéng zhè ge rèn wu.
    I will do my best to complete this task.
  • 全力。
    Tā men quán lì zhēng qǔ zuì hòu de shèng lì.
    They are striving with all their strength for the final victory.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全quánwhole
力lìstrength

全 means 'whole' and 力 means 'strength', so the idea is the entire amount of one's strength.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

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