斗 dòu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
斗志
dòuzhì
fighting spirit; morale
Characters in this word
志 zhì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 几场失利反而激发了球队的斗志，训练强度明显提高。 Jǐ chǎng shīlì fǎn'ér jīfā le qiúduì de dòuzhì, xùnliàn qiángdù míngxiǎn tígāo. Several defeats instead aroused the team's fighting spirit, and the intensity of training rose noticeably.
- 失败没有打倒他，反而点燃了他的斗志。 Shībài méiyǒu dǎdǎo tā, fǎn'ér diǎnrán le tā de dòuzhì. Failure did not knock him down; it fired up his fighting spirit instead.
- 教练的一番话让队员们重新充满了斗志。 Jiàoliàn de yì fān huà ràng duìyuánmen chóngxīn chōngmǎn le dòuzhì. The coach's words filled the players with fighting spirit once more.
Related words
- 奋斗 fèndòu to struggle; to work hard
- 战斗 zhàndòu battle; to fight
- 斗争 dòuzhēng to struggle; struggle, fight
- 搏斗 bódòu to fight; to struggle
- 斗 dòu to fight; to struggle; to contend
- 泰斗 tàidǒu leading authority; great master
- 杂志 zázhì magazine
- 志愿 zhìyuàn wish; to volunteer
- 志愿者 zhìyuànzhě volunteer
- 标志 biāozhì sign; symbol
- 意志 yìzhì willpower
- 励志 lìzhì to inspire; motivational; to set one's ambition