锲而不舍 qiè’érbùshě▶ Tiếp tục khắc

Stroke order

锲而不舍 is written in 32 strokes across 4 characters.

• 锲 — 14 strokes
• 而 — 6 strokes
• 不 — 4 strokes
• 舍 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth
2. to persevere
3. unflagging efforts

Related words

• 不免không thể tránh khỏi
• 不堪không thể chịu đựng
• 不妨thà rằng; cũng nên
• 不惜không tiếc; không ngần ngại
• 不愧xứng đáng
• 不料Bất ngờ, không ngờ

锲而不舍 is pronounced qiè’érbùshě and means “Tiếp tục khắc”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 锲而不舍 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.