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鼓励
HSK5
Simplified
鼓励
Traditional
鼓勵
Pinyin
gǔ lì
Definition
to encourage
老师鼓励我努力
Lǎoshī gǔlì wǒ nǔlì
The teacher encouraged me to work hard
Character structure
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鼓
励
鼓
壴
+
支
壴
Part
zhù
character part
支
Part
zhī
disperse
Appears in characters like:
鼓
喜
嘉
尌
励
厉
+
力
厉
Part
lì
whetstone
力
Part
lì
power
Appears in characters like:
励
蛎
砺
粝
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励
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励
lì
to encourage; to urge
奖励
jiǎng lì
to reward; reward (as encouragement)
HSK5
鼓
gǔ
drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
HSK5
鼓掌
gǔ zhǎng
to applaud; to clap
HSK5
激励
jī lì
to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
励志
lì zhì
to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational
勉励
miǎn lì
to encourage
策励
cè lì
to encourage; to urge; to impel; to spur sb on
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