發奮圖強

See also: 发奋图强

Chinese

		to make a determined effort; to work hard; to exert oneself	diagram; to plan; picture diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart	strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better
trad. (發奮圖強)		發奮	圖	強
simp. (发奋图强)		发奋	图	强

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāfèntúqiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄈㄣˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ fan⁵ tou⁴ koeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāfèntúqiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄈㄣˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fafèntúciáng
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-fên⁴-tʻu²-chʻiang²
    • Yale: fā-fèn-tú-chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fafenntwuchyang
    • Palladius: фафэньтуцян (fafɛnʹtucjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ fən⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ fan⁵ tou⁴ koeng⁴
    • Yale: faat fáhn tòuh kèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ fan⁵ tou⁴ koeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ fen⁵ tou⁴ kêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ fɐn¹³ tʰou̯²¹ kʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

發奮圖強

1. to work diligently (ex. to make the country strong)