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Chinese

全力以赴

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ li⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
to do all one can; to do one's utmost; to spare no effort; to go all-out
  • HSK 10
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The phrase conveys exerting all strength and moving forward with total commitment toward a goal.
The phrase conveys exerting all strength and moving forward with total commitment toward a goal.

Origin

The phrase is composed of four characters. The character 全 is formed with the components 玉, meaning jade, and 入, meaning to enter or to go into. The character 力 means physical strength, physical power, or energy.

The character 以 serves as a preposition expressing a boundary in time, orientation, or direction. The character 赴 means to go to; it is formed with the semantic component 走, meaning to go, walk, or go on foot, and the phonetic component 卜, meaning to divine.

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese全 “pure jade”
    • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
    • ideaChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
  • characterChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
  • characterChinese以 “a preposition that expresses a boundary in time, orientation, direction or quantity”
  • characterChinese赴 “to go to”
    • meaningChinese走 “to go; to walk; to go on foot”
    • soundChinese卜 “to divine”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. to do all one can; to do one's utmost; to spare no effort; to go all-out

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 投入全部的心力以達成目的。 例：國家籃球代表隊誓言將全力以赴爭取最高榮譽。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0