自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自强不息
zìqiángbùxī
to strive constantly for self-improvement
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
息 xī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 校训中的自强不息，强调的是逆境中持续向上的精神。 Xiàoxùn zhōng de zìqiáng bùxī, qiángdiào de shì nìjìng zhōng chíxù xiàng shàng de jīngshén. The phrase 'striving constantly for self-improvement' in the school motto emphasises the spirit of continuing upward in adversity.
- 他身有残疾却自强不息，终于实现了自己的梦想。 Tā shēn yǒu cánjí què zìqiángbùxī, zhōngyú shíxiàn le zìjǐ de mèngxiǎng. Despite his disability he never stopped striving, and finally realized his dream.
- 无论环境多艰难，我们都要自强不息地学下去。 Wúlùn huánjìng duō jiānnán, wǒmen dōu yào zìqiángbùxī de xué xiàqù. No matter how hard the circumstances are, we must keep striving and learning.