再接再厉 — Chinese idiom
再接再厉
zài jiē zài lì
Traditional: 再接再厲
Meaning
- to continue the struggle ; to persist
- unremitting efforts
Character by character
- 再zàiagain, twice, re-
- 接jiēto connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answe
- 再zàiagain, twice, re-
- 厉lìwhetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
Idioms sharing a character
- 再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ
- 再衰三竭 zài shuāi sān jié
- 恩同再造 ēn tóng zài zào
- 时不再来 shí bù zài lái
- 东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ
- 华佗再世 Huà Tuó zài shì
- 青春不再 qīng chūn bù zài
- 待人接物 dài rén jiē wù
- 应接不暇 yìng jiē bù xiá
- 接二连三 jiē èr lián sān
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