自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng — regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)

Meanings

1. 1

   regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)

   regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance

   verb

Character breakdown

• 力

  lì (fourth tone, falling)

  strength, power; force; effort

  2 strokesRadical 力
• 生

  shēng (first tone, high and level)

  to be born; to grow; to give birth to; life; raw, uncooked; unfamiliar, strange

  5 strokesRadical 生

Words containing 力

• 力lì (fourth tone, falling)power
• 力量lì (fourth tone, falling) liang (neutral tone)power
• 能力nénglì (second tone, rising)ability, capability
• 压力/壓力yā (first tone, high and level) lì (fourth tone, falling)pressure
• 努力nǔlì (third tone, dipping)hard-working, diligent; to make an effort
• 权力/權力quán (second tone, rising) lì (fourth tone, falling)power
• 实力/實力shí (second tone, rising) lì (fourth tone, falling)strength
• 魅力mèi (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)charm
• 动力/動力dòng (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)power
• 暴力bào (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)violence
• 巧克力qiǎo (third tone, dipping) kè (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)chocolate (loanword)
• 全力quán (second tone, rising) lì (fourth tone, falling)with all one's strength
• 活力huó (second tone, rising) lì (fourth tone, falling)energy
• 精力jīng (first tone, high and level) lì (fourth tone, falling)energy
• 电力/電力diàn (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)electrical power
• 潜力/潛力qián (second tone, rising) lì (fourth tone, falling)potential
• 有力yǒu (third tone, dipping) lì (fourth tone, falling)powerful
• 尽力/盡力jìn (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)to strive one's hardest

Words containing 生

• 生活shēng (first tone, high and level) huó (second tone, rising)life
• 生shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 学生/學生xuésheng (second tone, rising)student, pupil
• 产生/產生chǎnshēng (third tone, dipping)to produce, to give rise to, to arise
• 生命shēng (first tone, high and level) mìng (fourth tone, falling)life
• 先生xiānsheng (first tone, high and level)Mr, sir
• 发生/發生fāshēng (first tone, high and level)to happen, to occur
• 人生rén (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)life (one's time on earth)
• 医生/醫生yīshēng (first tone, high and level)doctor, physician
• 一生yī (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)all one's life; throughout one's life
• 生日shēngrì (first tone, high and level)birthday
• 女生nǚ (third tone, dipping) shēng (first tone, high and level)schoolgirl
• 生气/生氣shēngqì (first tone, high and level)to get angry, to be cross
• 出生chū (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)to be born
• 生物shēng (first tone, high and level) wù (fourth tone, falling)organism
• 生产/生產shēng (first tone, high and level) chǎn (third tone, dipping)childbirth
• 生病shēngbìng (first tone, high and level)to fall ill, to be sick
• 生存shēng (first tone, high and level) cún (second tone, rising)to exist