HSK 6 · Ideas

再接再厉 zàijiēzàilì “to keep up the good work” in Chinese

Traditional 再接再厲

What 再接再厉 means

  1. to keep up the good work
  2. to redouble one’s efforts
  3. to continue the struggle (idiom)
  4. to persist
  5. unremitting efforts

How to say 再接再厉

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale再zài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale接jiē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale再zài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale厉lì4th tone, falling

再接再厉 in a sentence

  1. 这次考得不错，再接再厉！

    Zhè cì kǎo de búcuò, zàijiēzàilì!

    You did well in this exam. Keep up the good work!

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 希望大家再接再厉，取得更好的成绩。

    Xīwàng dàjiā zàijiēzàilì, qǔdé gèng hǎo de chéngjì.

    I hope you’ll all keep it up and do even better.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 再接再厉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 再 (zài) with each of its parts in a different colour
再zàiagain; once more; re-
  • 一one · yī
  • 冉tender · rǎn
The character 接 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
接jiēto receive
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 妾concubine · qièSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 妾 (qiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

The character 再 (zài) with each of its parts in a different colour
再zàiagain; once more; re-
  • 一one · yī
  • 冉tender · rǎn
The character 厉 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
厉lìstrict
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 万ten thousand · mò

How to write 再接再厉

再 6 strokes · 接 11 strokes · 厉 5 strokes

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再接再厉 (zàijiēzàilì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 再接再厉 (zàijiēzàilì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 再接再厉

Words with 再

再见zàijiàn · goodbye再zài · again再次zàicì · once again一再yízài · again and again再三zàisān · over and over again

Words with 接

接jiē · connect接受jiēshòu · to accept直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)接着jiēzhe · next接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach迎接yíngjiē · to welcome衔接xiánjiē · to link up间接jiànjiē · indirect

Words with 厉

厉害lìhai · impressive严厉yánlì · strict

More words: Ideas & Concepts

原理yuánlǐ · principle源泉yuánquán · source与日俱增yǔrìjùzēng · to grow day by day预兆yùzhào · omen障碍zhàng'ài · obstacle沾光zhānguāng · to benefit from association with others战略zhànlüè · strategy战术zhànshù · tactics

FAQs

再接再厉 (zàijiēzàilì) means “to keep up the good work” or “to redouble one’s efforts”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zàijiēzàilì: zài with a 4th tone, then jiē with a 1st tone, then zài with a 4th tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 再接再厉 is written 再接再厲. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zaijiezaili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 再接再厉 from the suggestions. Typing zaijiezaili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
再接再厉 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.