自强不息 meaning in English

zìqiáng-bùxī

to strive unremittingly; self-improvement

HSK 7-9Traditional 自強不息32 strokes

Meaning of 自强不息

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zìqiángbùxī
  1. to strive unremittingly
  2. self-improvement

自强不息 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

天tiān行xíng健jiàn,君jūn子zǐ以yǐ自zì强qiáng不bù息xī;地dì势shì坤kūn,君jūn子zǐ以yǐ厚hòu德dé载zài物wù。
As heaven maintains its vigorous motion, the noble person should strive for continuous self-improvement. As the earth's nature is receptive and nurturing, the noble person should cultivate great virtue to support and carry all things.

Stroke order for each character

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自 zì · self · 6 strokes

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强 qiáng · strong · 12 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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息 xī · to end · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 自强不息.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
休息xiūxirest; to rest
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
自己zìjǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question

Questions about 自强不息

What does 自强不息 mean?

自强不息 (zìqiáng-bùxī) means "to strive unremittingly; self-improvement".

How do you write 自强不息?

自强不息 is made of 4 characters: 自 (6 strokes), 强 (12 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 息 (10 strokes). That is 32 strokes in total.

Is 自强不息 an HSK word?

Yes. 自强不息 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 自强不息 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 自强不息 is written 自強不息.