再 zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冂 — frame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
再接再厉
zàijiēzàilì
to make persistent efforts; to keep up the good work
Characters in this word
接 jiē
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 妾 concubine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这次比赛她拿了冠军，希望她再接再厉，明年再创好成绩。 Zhè cì bǐsài tā nále guànjūn, xīwàng tā zàijiēzàilì, míngnián zài chuàng hǎo chéngjì. She won the championship in this competition; we hope she keeps up the good work and achieves great results again next year.
- 虽然考试通过了，老师还是勉励大家再接再厉，不要松懈。 Suīrán kǎoshì tōngguò le, lǎoshī háishì miǎnlì dàjiā zàijiēzàilì, búyào sōngxiè. Although everyone passed the exam, the teacher still urged them to keep up the good work and not slack off.
- 项目顺利完工，团队决心再接再厉，迎接下一个挑战。 Xiàngmù shùnlì wángōng, tuánduì juéxīn zàijiēzàilì, yíngjiē xià yīgè tiǎozhàn. The project was completed smoothly, and the team is determined to keep pushing forward and take on the next challenge.
Related words
- 再 zài again; then
- 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
- 一再 yízài again and again
- 再三 zàisān again and again
- 再次 zàicì again
- 再也 zàiyě never again (with negatives)
- 再生 zàishēng to regenerate, to recycle
- 再度 zàidù once again; a second time
- 再现 zàixiàn to reappear; to recreate
- 接 jiē to pick up; to answer
- 接到 jiēdào to receive
- 接受 jiēshòu to accept