一
鼓
作
气

In a spurt of energy in Chinese: 一鼓作气 (yī gǔ zuò qì)

yī gǔ zuò qì

in a spurt of energy

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 一鼓作氣1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1in a spurt of energy

Stroke order

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一
鼓
作
气

Zhuyin

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄍㄨˇ

gǔ

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧˋ

qì

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

一鼓作气

Simplified

一鼓作氣

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们一鼓作气，把活干完了。

    wǒ men yì gǔ zuò qì， bǎ huó gān wán le。

    We finished the work in one burst of effort.

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Related words

一

yī

one

气

qì

gas

鼓

gǔ

drum

作

zuò

to do

工作

gōng zuò

to work

天气

tiān qì

weather

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

生气

shēng qì

to get angry

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

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