全
力
以
赴

To do at all costs in Chinese: 全力以赴 (quán lì yǐ fù)

quán lì yǐ fù

to do at all costs

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to do at all costs
  2. 2to make an all-out effort

Stroke order

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全
力
以
赴

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄩㄢˊ

quán

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˇ

yǐ

ㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄈㄨˋ

fù

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 为了这次比赛，他全力以赴。

    wèi le zhè cì bǐ sài， tā quán lì yǐ fù。

    For this competition, he gave it his all.

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Related words

以

yǐ

to use

全

quán

all

力

lì

power

赴

fù

to go

可以

kě yǐ

can

所以

suǒ yǐ

therefore

努力

nǔ lì

to make an effort

以后

yǐ hòu

after

以前

yǐ qián

before

以为

yǐ wéi

to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

安全

ān quán

safe

力气

lì qi

strength

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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