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Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「再接再厲」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
接: to engage in battle; 厲: to sharpen, extended to mean to strive hard and work hard. It refers to the fighting between roosters, where they sharpen their beaks before each confrontation. It is a metaphor for continuing to work hard and making more effort.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zài jiē zài lì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
joi3 jip3 joi3 lai6
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
