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精神力量 is a title that speaks of one's soul or spirit and the capacity or strength that soul possesses.
The first two characters mean mind, heart, spirit, and/or soul.
The last two characters mean strength, capacity, or ability.
Note: Separately, these are two words in Japanese and can be pronounced, but this does not make a natural title in Japanese (best if your audience is Chinese).
不屈不撓 means “Indomitable” or “Unyielding.”
不屈不撓 is a long word by Chinese standards. At least, it is often translated as a single word into English. It's actually a proverb in Chinese.
If you want to break it down, you can see that the first and third characters are the same. Both mean “not” (they work as a suffix to make a negative or opposite meaning to whatever character follows).
The second character means “bendable.”
The last means “scratched” or “bothered.”
So this really means “Won't be bent, can't be bothered.” I have also seen it written as “Will not crouch, will not submit.” This comes from the fact that the second character can mean “to crouch” and the last can mean “to submit” (as in “to give in” such as “submitting to the rule of someone else”). This may explain better why these four characters mean “indomitable.”
Notes:
Some will translate this as “indomitable spirit”; however, technically, there is no character to suggest the idea of “spirit” in this word.
Other translations include indefatigability, indomitableness, or unremitting tenacity.
The first two characters can be stand-alone words in Chinese.
In Japanese, this is considered two words (with very similar meanings). It's more common to see the word order flipped to 不撓不屈 in Japanese.
The same characters are used in old Korean Hanja. Just like in Japanese, the words are swapped to 不撓不屈 creating a word pronounced “불요불굴” in Korean.
See 不撓不屈
自由意志 is a concept that has existed for thousands of years that humans can understand right and wrong, then make a decision one way or the other (thus affecting their fate).
Sources such as Confucius, Buddhist scriptures, the Qur'an, and the Bible all address this idea.
As for the characters shown here, the first two mean free, freedom, or liberty. The last two mean “will.”
Can be romanized from Japanese as jiyū-ishi, jiyuu-ishi, and sometimes jiyuu-ishii.
It's 자유의지 or jayuu-yiji in Korean and zìyóu yìzhì in Chinese.
See Also: Freedom | Strong Willed | Fate
This can be translated as unwavering determination, unwavering resolve, or strong determination.
堅定 means unwavering, firm, steady, staunch, and/or resolute.
決心 means determination, resolve, resolution, determined, firm and resolute, or to make up one's mind.
If you want a longer version, 堅定不移的決心 is also a popular phrase with a similar meaning. Contact me if you want that instead.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your make strong search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
強 强 see styles |
qiǎng qiang3 ch`iang chiang kyou / kyo きょう |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Powerful / Force(suffix) (1) (ant: 弱・1) a little over; a little more than; (2) (ant: 弱・2) strength; the strong; (suffix) (3) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (suffix) (4) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強) (ant: 弱・3) -upper (seismic intensity); (personal name) Tsuyomi Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen. |
腆 see styles |
tiǎn tian3 t`ien tien yutaka ゆたか |
make strong (as liquors); virtuous (personal name) Yutaka |
強兵 强兵 see styles |
qiáng bīng qiang2 bing1 ch`iang ping chiang ping kyouhei / kyohe きょうへい |
strong soldiers; make the military powerful (political slogan) powerful army; strengthening of the military; (personal name) Gouhei |
焼付く see styles |
yakitsuku やきつく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to be scorched into; to be seared into; (2) to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory) |
勵精圖治 励精图治 see styles |
lì jīng tú zhì li4 jing1 tu2 zhi4 li ching t`u chih li ching tu chih |
(of a ruler) to strive to make one's nation strong and prosperous (idiom) |
富國強兵 富国强兵 see styles |
fù guó qiáng bīng fu4 guo2 qiang2 bing1 fu kuo ch`iang ping fu kuo chiang ping |
lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times; Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) |
焼きつく see styles |
yakitsuku やきつく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to be scorched into; to be seared into; (2) to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory) |
焼き付く see styles |
yakitsuku やきつく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to be scorched into; to be seared into; (2) to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory) |
發奮圖強 发奋图强 see styles |
fā fèn tú qiáng fa1 fen4 tu2 qiang2 fa fen t`u ch`iang fa fen tu chiang |
to make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better; to pull one's socks up |
Variations: |
unaru うなる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to groan; to moan; (v5r,vi) (2) to roar; to howl; to growl; (v5r,vi) (3) to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound; (v5r,vi) (4) to ooh and aah (in admiration); (transitive verb) (5) to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation); (v5r,vi) (6) to be about to burst; to overflow |
Variations: |
unaru うなる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to groan; to moan; (v5r,vi) (2) to roar; to howl; to growl; (v5r,vi) (3) to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound; (v5r,vi) (4) to ooh and aah (in admiration); (transitive verb) (5) to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation); (v5r,vi) (6) to be about to burst; to overflow |
Variations: |
yakitsuku やきつく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to be scorched into; to be seared into; (v5k,vi) (2) to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Spiritual Strength Strength of Spirit | 精神力量 | seishin rikiryou seishinrikiryou seishin rikiryo | jīng shén lì liàng jing1 shen2 li4 liang4 jing shen li liang jingshenliliang | ching shen li liang chingshenliliang |
Indomitable Unyielding | 不屈不撓 不屈不挠 | fu kutsu fu tou fukutsufutou fu kutsu fu to | bù qū bù náo bu4 qu1 bu4 nao2 bu qu bu nao buqubunao | pu ch`ü pu nao puchüpunao pu chü pu nao |
Free Will | 自由意志 | jiyuu ishi / jiyuuishi / jiyu ishi | zì yóu yì zhì zi4 you2 yi4 zhi4 zi you yi zhi ziyouyizhi | tzu yu i chih tzuyuichih |
Unwavering Determination and Resolve | 堅定決心 坚定决心 | jiān dìng jué xīn jian1 ding4 jue2 xin1 jian ding jue xin jiandingjuexin | chien ting chüeh hsin chientingchüehhsin |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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