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勤奋 (qín fèn) — hardworking; diligent

Definition

勤奋 describes a steady, diligent character — studying or working hard as a habit. Stronger and more about long-term character than 努力 (which focuses on effort in a specific task).

adjective
hardworkingdiligent

Examples

  • 勤奋。
    Tā shì yí gè fēi cháng qín fèn de xué shēng.
    He is a very hardworking student.
  • 勤奋。
    Tā měi tiān qín fèn dì gōng zuò dào hěn wǎn.
    She works diligently until very late every day.
  • 勤奋，。
    Zhǐ yào qín fèn nǔ lì, jiù yí dìng néng chéng gōng.
    As long as you are diligent and work hard, you will surely succeed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

勤qíndiligent
奋fènenergetic

勤 (diligent) and 奋 (energetic) together mean hardworking.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 奮; 奋 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 奮 pairs 奞, a bird, with 田, a field, to show a bird spreading its wings to fly; the simplified 奋 is a later abbreviation.

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