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正精進 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Effort, along with Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration constitute the path to Concentration or Perfect Thought.
Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake in each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and defilement, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation. This concept is about pursuing wholesome things that promote good karma.
Another definition: Cultivation of what is karmically wholesome and avoidance of what is karmically unwholesome.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path
bù yí yú lì
This is a Chinese proverb that can be translated many ways. Here's some of them: go to any lengths; with all one's might; spare no pain; do one's utmost.
If you feel hard work and holding nothing back is your philosophy, then this is the phrase for you.
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
杯水車薪 is a warning against a futile effort. This proverb literally refers to one who is "trying to put out a burning cart of wood with a cup of water," or "throw a cup of water on a cartload of wood." The lesson to be learned is about using the right measure or tool for the job, and not to waste your effort if you are inadequately equipped for the task at hand - in other words the postscript should be "go get a bucket or a fire hose."
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
力 see styles |
lì / li4 li ryoku / りょく riki / りき chikara / ちから |
 More info & calligraphy: power; force; strength; ability; strenuously; surname Li (suffix) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (1) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (suffix noun) (2) (after a number of people) the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men; (1) force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy; (2) capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty; (3) efficacy; effect; (4) effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions; (5) power; authority; influence; good offices; agency; (6) (See 力になる) support; help; aid; assistance; (7) stress; emphasis; (8) means; resources; (given name) Riki; (given name) Teiriki; (male given name) Tsuyoshi; (given name) Tsutome; (male given name) Tsutomu; (surname, female given name) Chikara; (surname) Takariki; (given name) Isamu; (given name) Isaobala; power, strength, of which there are several categories: 二力 power of choice and of practice; 三力 the power of Buddha; of meditation (samādhi) and of practice. 五力 pañcabala, the five powers of faith, zeal, memory (or remembering), meditation, and wisdom. 六力 A child's power is in crying; a woman's in resentment; a king's in domineering; an arhat's in zeal (or progress); a Buddha's in mercy; and a bhikṣu's in endurance (of despite) . 十力 q.v. The ten powers of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. |
強 强 see styles |
qiǎng // jiàng // qiáng / qiang3 // jiang4 // qiang2 ch`iang // chiang / chiang // chiang kyou / kyo / きょう |
to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort; strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]; stubborn; unyielding; surname Qiang (suffix noun) (1) a little over; a little more than; (2) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (personal name) Tsuyomi; (male given name) Tsuyoshi; (surname) Tsuyosaki; (personal name) Tsuyoi; (male given name) Tsutomu; (given name) Susumu; (personal name) Gouji; (personal name) Gou; (surname) Kowa; (personal name) Kyouji; (given name) Kyou Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen. |
功夫 see styles |
gōng fu / gong1 fu5 kung fu kanfuu;kunfuu / kanfu;kunfu / カンフー;クンフー |
 More info & calligraphy: skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort (kana only) {MA} kung fu (chi: go'ngfu); (male given name) Norio; (personal name) Kouo; (male given name) Katsuo; (given name) Isaowork |
努力 see styles |
nǔ lì / nu3 li4 nu li doryoku / どりょく |
 More info & calligraphy: great effort; to strive; to try hard (noun/participle) effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving; (surname) Nurikito strive |
協力 协力 see styles |
xié lì / xie2 li4 hsieh li kyouryoku / kyoryoku / きょうりょく |
to unite in common effort (n,vs,adj-no) cooperation; collaboration |
自強 自强 see styles |
zì qiáng / zi4 qiang2 tzu ch`iang / tzu chiang jikyou / jikyo / じきょう |
to strive for self-improvement (noun/participle) strenuous effort |
正精進 正精进 see styles |
zhèng jīng jìn / zheng4 jing1 jin4 cheng ching chin shō shōjin |
samyagvyāyāma, right effort, zeal, or progress, unintermitting perseverance, the sixth of the 八正道; 'right effort, to suppress the rising of evil states, to eradicate those which have arisen, to stimulate good states, and to perfect those which have come into being. ' Keith; correct effort |
出 see styles |
chū / chu1 ch`u / chu de / で shutsu / しゅつ |
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (n,n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon); (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (3) start; beginning; (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (5) architectural member that projects outward; (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (7) (kana only) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (1) coming out; emerging; (2) being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place); (surname) De; (surname) Takade; (given name) Suguru; (surname) Sakide; (surname) Idezaki; (surname) Idesaki; (female given name) Idzuru; (personal name) Itaru; (surname, female given name) Izuru; (surname) Izuzaki; (surname) Izusaki; (surname) Izaki To go out, come forth, put forth; exit; beyond; to emerge |
划 see styles |
huá / hua2 hua |
to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do something) |
功 see styles |
gōng / gong1 kung kou / ko / こう |
meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) (1) merit; success; meritorious deed; (2) achievement; accumulated experience; (male given name) Tsutomu; (personal name) Kousou; (personal name) Kouji; (personal name) Koushou; (surname, given name) Kou; (given name) Isoshi; (given name) Isao (Isawo); (given name) Isamu; (female given name) Isao; (given name) Isa Merit, meritorious; achievement, hence 功力 achieving strength, earnest effort after the good). |
劭 see styles |
shào / shao4 shao tsutomu / つとむ takashi / たかし susumu / すすむ shou / sho / しょう atsumu / あつむ |
stimulate to effort; surname Shao (female given name) Tsutomu; (given name) Takashi; (given name) Susumu; (given name) Shou; (given name) Atsumu |
労 see styles |
láo / lao2 lao rou / ro / ろう |
Japanese variant of 勞|劳 labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work; effort; striving; (given name) Rou; (male given name) Tsutomu |
勉 see styles |
miǎn / mian3 mien masaru / まさる ben / べん tsutomu / つとむ susumu / すすむ |
to exhort; to make an effort (given name) Masaru; (given name) Ben; (surname, given name) Tsutomu; (given name) Susumu to endeavor |
勱 劢 see styles |
mài / mai4 mai |
put forth effort |
手 see styles |
shǒu / shou3 shou te / て |
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki; (surname) Tesaki; (place-name) Te; (personal name) Tasome; (surname) Takade pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm. |
賣 卖 see styles |
mài / mai4 mai mai |
to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt To sell. |
一息 see styles |
yī xī / yi1 xi1 i hsi hitoiki / ひといき |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) one breath; pause; rest; (2) one go (i.e. in a short time); (3) small amount of effort A breath, i.e. inspiration-cum-expiration; a rest, or cessation. |
一手 see styles |
yī shǒu / yi1 shou3 i shou hitote / ひとて itte / いって |
a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help (1) one's own effort; doing single-handedly; (2) a game (of go, shogi, etc.); a match; (3) a dance; a (musical) composition; (4) a company (e.g. of soldiers); a group; a party; (5) one hand; (1) a move (in go, shogi, etc.); (2) only way; only means; (3) (See 一手に) doing alone; dong single-handed; monopoly one hand |
一挙 see styles |
ikkyo / いっきょ |
(n-adv,n) one effort; one action |
丹精 see styles |
tansei / tanse / たんせい |
(noun/participle) working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains |
丹誠 see styles |
tansei / tanse / たんせい |
(noun/participle) working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains |
人力 see styles |
rén lì / ren2 li4 jen li jinriki;jinryoku / じんりき;じんりょく |
manpower; labor power human power; human strength; human effort; human agency |
人手 see styles |
rén shǒu / ren2 shou3 jen shou hitode / ひとで |
manpower; staff; human hand (1) someone else's hands; someone else's possession; (2) hand (worker); aide; (3) labor; labour; work; manpower; effort; (4) help; assistance; (5) (human) hand; human act a person's hand |
人為 人为 see styles |
rén wéi / ren2 wei2 jen wei jini / じんい |
artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort (noun - becomes adjective with の) human work; human agency; art; artificiality |
全力 see styles |
quán lì / quan2 li4 ch`üan li / chüan li zenryoku / ぜんりょく |
with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) (noun - becomes adjective with の) all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost |
力作 see styles |
lì zuò / li4 zuo4 li tso rikisaku / りきさく |
to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc); a masterpiece tour de force; painstaking piece of work; achievement; (given name) Rikisaku; (male given name) Tsutomu |
力挫 see styles |
lì cuò / li4 cuo4 li ts`o / li tso |
to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition |
力求 see styles |
lì qiú / li4 qiu2 li ch`iu / li chiu |
to make every effort to; striving to do one's best |
加大 see styles |
jiā dà / jia1 da4 chia ta |
to increase (e.g. one's effort) |
加油 see styles |
jiā yóu / jia1 you2 chia yu jaayuu;jaayou / jayu;jayo / ジャーユー;ジャーヨウ |
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on (interjection) (See 頑張って) keep going (chi: jiāyóu); hang in there; go for it |
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| Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| 6. Right Effort Right Endeavor Perfect Effort | 正精進 正精进 | sei shou jin seishoujin sei sho jin seishojin | zhèng jīng jìn zheng4 jing1 jin4 zheng jing jin zhengjingjin | cheng ching chin chengchingchin |
| Spare No Effort | 不遺餘力 / 不遺余力 不遗余力 | bù yí yú lì bu4 yi2 yu2 li4 bu yi yu li buyiyuli | pu i yü li puiyüli |
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| Put out a burning wood cart with a cup of water | 杯水車薪 杯水车薪 | bēi shuǐ chē xīn bei1 shui3 che1 xin1 bei shui che xin beishuichexin | pei shui ch`e hsin peishuichehsin pei shui che hsin |
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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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