We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「唯力是視」.
The Chinese idiom we are introducing this time is 「唯力是視」. You can find its meaning and application outlined below.
Wei: auxiliary word. Is: demonstrative pronoun, plural reference to the preposed object. “Only… is…” is a format in ancient Chinese, which serves to emphasize the meaning of the sentence. It means that whether you can achieve your goal when the task is heavy and the difficulties are many depends mainly on your own strength.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wéi lì shì shì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wai4 lik6 si6 si6
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