Dictionary - results for effort

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
功夫	功夫	gōngfu	- skill - art - kung fu - labor - effort
周折	周折	zhōuzhé	- twists and turns - vicissitude - complication - difficulty - effort - CL:番[fan1]
周章	周章	zhōuzhāng	- effort - trouble - pains (to get sth done) - flustered - frightened
工夫	工夫	gōngfu	- period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) - spare time - skill - labor - effort
作用力	作用力	zuòyònglì	- effort - active force - applied force
劭	劭	shào	- stimulate to effort
勉	勉	miǎn	- to exhort - to make an effort
劢	勱	mài	- put forth effort
强	強	qiǎng	- to force - to compel - to strive - to make an effort
卖	賣	mài	- to sell - to betray - to spare no effort - to show off or flaunt
人为	人為	rénwéi	- artificial - man-made - having human cause or origin - human attempt or effort
力挫	力挫	lìcuò	- to win as a result of tenacious effort - to fight off tough competition
加油	加油	jiāyóu	- to add oil - to top up with gas - to refuel - to accelerate - abbr. for 加大油門\|加大油门[jia1 da4 you2 men2] - to step on the gas - fig. to make an extra effort - fig. to cheer sb on
努力	努力	nǔlì	- great effort - to strive - to try hard
勉力	勉力	miǎnlì	- to strive - to make an effort - to exert oneself
协力	協力	xiélì	- to unite in common effort
吃力	吃力	chīlì	- to entail strenuous effort - to toil at a task - strenuous - laborious - strain
奋力	奮力	fènlì	- to do everything one can - to spare no effort - to strive
惨淡	慘淡	cǎndàn	- dark - gloomy - dismal - by painstaking effort
极力	極力	jílì	- to make a supreme effort - at all costs
混事	混事	hùnshì	- to work half-heartedly - to get by in a job with the minimum effort
争得	爭得	zhēngdé	- to obtain by an effort - to strive to get sth
狠劲	狠勁	hěnjìn	- to exert all one's force - all-out effort - CL:股[gu3]
用功	用功	yònggōng	- diligent - industrious (in one's studies) - to study hard - to make great effort
发奋	發奮	fāfèn	- to make an effort - to push for sth - to work hard
发愤	發憤	fāfèn	- to make a determined effort
尽力	盡力	jìnlì	- to strive one's hardest - to spare no effort
省力	省力	shěnglì	- to save labor - to save effort
省劲	省勁	shěngjìn	- to save labor - to save effort
给力	給力	gěilì	- cool - nifty - awesome - impressive - to put in extra effort
绵薄	綿薄	miánbó	- my humble effort - my meager contribution (humble)
耗力	耗力	hàolì	- to require much effort
苦功	苦功	kǔgōng	- hard work - laborious effort - painstaking work
苦心	苦心	kǔxīn	- painstaking effort - to take a lot of trouble - laborious at pains
苦战	苦戰	kǔzhàn	- bitter struggle - hard battle - arduous effort
冲刺	衝刺	chōngcì	- to sprint - to spurt - to dash - big effort
费力	費力	fèilì	- to expend a great deal of effort
费劲	費勁	fèijìn	- to require effort - strenuous
费神	費神	fèishén	- to spend effort - to take trouble - May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request) - Please would you mind...?
卖命	賣命	màimìng	- to throw one's life in for - to haplessly give one's life for - to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group - to pour in one's utmost effort - to shed one's last ounce of strength for
较劲	較勁	jiàojìn	- to match one's strength with - to compete - more competitive - to set oneself against sb - disobliging - to make a special effort
通力	通力	tōnglì	- to cooperate - concerted effort
顺便	順便	shùnbiàn	- conveniently - in passing - without much extra effort
费周折	費周折	fèizhōuzhé	- to spend (much) effort - to go through (a lot of) trouble
铆劲儿	鉚勁兒	mǎojìnr	- to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
一暴十寒	一暴十寒	yīpùshíhán	- one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp - sporadic effort - short attention span
一曝十寒	一曝十寒	yīpùshíhán	- one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp - sporadic effort - lack of sticking power - short attention span
不惜血本	不惜血本	bùxīxuèběn	- to spare no effort - to devote all one's energies
不辞劳苦	不辭勞苦	bùcíláokǔ	- to spare no effort
事在人为	事在人為	shìzàirénwéi	- the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort - With effort, one can achieve anything.
付诸东流	付諸東流	fùzhūdōngliú	- wasted effort
全力以赴	全力以赴	quánlìyǐfù	- to do at all costs - to make an all-out effort
刻意为之	刻意為之	kèyìwéizhī	- to make a conscious effort - to do something deliberately
功亏一篑	功虧一簣	gōngkuīyīkuì	- lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful - to fail through lack of a final effort - to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
千辛万苦	千辛萬苦	qiānxīnwànkǔ	- to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations - with difficulty - after some effort
埋头苦干	埋頭苦幹	máitóukǔgàn	- to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work - to make an all-out effort - up to the neck in work
夜以继日	夜以繼日	yèyǐjìrì	- night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
孜孜不倦	孜孜不倦	zīzībùjuàn	- lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort - assiduous (in study) - to concentrate
毫不费力	毫不費力	háobùfèilì	- effortless - not expending the slightest effort
煞费苦心	煞費苦心	shàfèikǔxīn	- to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking - at the cost of a lot of effort
竹篮打水	竹籃打水	zhúlándǎshuǐ	- using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
耗时耗力	耗時耗力	hàoshíhàolì	- requiring much time and effort
齐心合力	齊心合力	qíxīnhélì	- to work as one (idiom); united in a concerted effort - working hard together
功到自然成	功到自然成	gōngdàozìránchéng	- effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
吃奶的气力	吃奶的氣力	chīnǎideqìlì	- utmost effort
临时抱佛脚	臨時抱佛腳	línshíbàofójiǎo	- lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble - doing things at the last minute - making a hasty last-minute effort
天才出自勤奋	天才出自勤奮	tiāncáichūzìqínfèn	- genius comes from hard effort - Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison)
竹篮打水，一场空	竹籃打水，一場空	zhúlándǎshuǐ,yīchángkōng	- using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
及时处理，事半功倍	及時處理，事半功倍	jíshíchǔlǐ,shìbàngōngbèi	- timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort - the right approach saves effort and leads to better results - a stitch in time saves nine