一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一鼓作气
yìgǔzuòqì
to press on without let-up; to get something done in one go
Characters in this word
鼓 gǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 鼓 — drum
- Made of
- 壴 drum 支 to support, to sustain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
作 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 趁着天气好，我们一鼓作气把屋顶修完。 Chèn zhe tiānqì hǎo, wǒmen yìgǔzuòqì bǎ wūdǐng xiū wán. Taking advantage of the fine weather, we fixed the roof in one go.
- 他一鼓作气跑完全程，观众都站起来鼓掌。 Tā yìgǔzuòqì pǎo wán quánchéng, guānzhòng dōu zhàn qǐlái gǔzhǎng. He ran the whole race without slowing down, and the audience all stood up and applauded.
- 项目快收尾了，大家决定一鼓作气，今晚全部做完。 Xiàngmù kuài shōuwěi le, dàjiā juédìng yìgǔzuòqì, jīnwǎn quánbù zuò wán. The project is nearly finished, so everyone decided to press on and complete it all tonight.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while