发愤图强 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to be strongly determined to succeed

Character by character

• 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 愤fènanger, indignation; to hate, to resent
• 图túdiagram, chart, map, picture; to plan
• 强qiángstrong, powerful, energetic

Idioms sharing a character

• 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
• 一语不发 yī yǔ bù fā
• 不悱不发 bù fěi bù fā
• 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
• 先发制人 xiān fā zhì rén
• 千钧一发 qiān jūn yī fà
• 升官发财 shēng guān fā cái
• 厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā
• 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
• 容光焕发 róng guāng huàn fā

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