锲 qiè
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 契 deed, bond, contract
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
锲而不舍
qiè'érbùshě
to persevere; to keep going with unremitting effort
Characters in this word
而 ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 而 — and, and then, and yet
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
舍 shě
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 舌 — tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他多年锲而不舍地追踪同一课题，最终提出了颇具解释力的理论框架。 Tā duōnián qiè'érbùshě de zhuīzōng tóng yí kètí, zuìzhōng tíchū le pō jù jiěshìlì de lǐlùn kuàngjià. For years he pursued the same research topic with unremitting perseverance, eventually proposing a highly explanatory theoretical framework.
- 学习外语要锲而不舍，才能取得好成绩。 Xuéxí wàiyǔ yào qiè'érbùshě, cáinéng qǔdé hǎo chéngjì. To learn a foreign language well you have to persevere; only then can you achieve good results.
- 只要锲而不舍地练习，你的钢琴一定会弹得更好。 Zhǐyào qiè'érbùshě de liànxí, nǐ de gāngqín yīdìng huì tán de gèng hǎo. As long as you practice with unrelenting persistence, you will surely play the piano better.
Related words
- 而且 érqiě and also; moreover
- 而 ér and; but
- 而是 érshì but rather
- 反而 fǎn'ér instead; on the contrary
- 然而 rán'ér however
- 从而 cóng'ér thereby; as a result
- 因而 yīn'ér therefore
- 进而 jìn'ér then, and then
- 半途而废 bàntú'érfèi to give up halfway
- 不翼而飞 búyì'érfēi to disappear without trace; to vanish mysteriously
- 不辞而别 bùcí'érbié to leave without saying goodbye
- 不得而知 bùdé'érzhī unknown; unable to be known