Chinese

精力

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
drive; energy; vigor
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese精 “essence; concentrate; extract”
    • meaningChinese米 “hulled or husked uncooked rice (Classifier: 粒 m c mn; 顆／颗 m)”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
  • characterChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”

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