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努力 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Great Endeavor / To Strive

 nǔ lì
 doryoku
Great Endeavor / To Strive Scroll

努力 means great effort; to strive; to try hard; great effort; great exertion; great endeavor (endeavour); great effort; to strive.

This “striving endeavor” word is valid in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

Five Reflections / Gosei

 shi se i ni moto ru na ka ri shi ka? gen kou ni ha zu ru na ka ri shi ka?
ki ryo ku ni ka ku ru na ka ri shi ka? do ryo ku ni u ra mi na ka ri shi ka?
bu sho u ni wa ta ru na ka ri shi ka?
Five Reflections / Gosei Scroll

These are the “Five Reflections” of Vice Admiral Hajime Matsushita of the Japanese Imperial Navy.

These days, the Five Reflections are recited or contemplated daily by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force recruits in training. This long proverb is popularly translated into English this way:

Hast thou not gone against sincerity?
Hast thou not felt ashamed of thy words and deeds?
Hast thou not lacked vigor?
Hast thou not exerted all possible efforts?
Hast thou not become slothful?


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 努力 search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

努力

see styles
nǔ lì
    nu3 li4
nu li
 doryoku
    どりょく

More info & calligraphy:

Great Endeavor / To Strive
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
(n,vs,vi) effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving; (surname) Nuriki
to strive

努力家

see styles
 doryokuka
    どりょくか
hard worker; hardworking person

努力賞

see styles
 doryokushou / doryokusho
    どりょくしょう
prize awarded for good effort; consolation prize

貝努力


贝努力

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bèi nǔ lì
    bei4 nu3 li4
pei nu li
Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))

企業努力

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 kigyoudoryoku / kigyodoryoku
    きぎょうどりょく
business efforts; corporate efforts

共同努力

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gòng tóng nǔ lì
    gong4 tong2 nu3 li4
kung t`ung nu li
    kung tung nu li
to work together; to collaborate

刻苦努力

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kè kǔ nǔ lì
    ke4 ku3 nu3 li4
k`o k`u nu li
    ko ku nu li
assiduous; taking great pains

加大努力

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jiā dà nǔ lì
    jia1 da4 nu3 li4
chia ta nu li
to try harder; to redouble one's efforts

努力以赴

see styles
nǔ lì yǐ fù
    nu3 li4 yi3 fu4
nu li i fu
to use one's best efforts to do something (idiom)

努力奮励

see styles
 doryokufunrei / doryokufunre
    どりょくふんれい
(noun/participle) (yoji) making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

努力目標

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 doryokumokuhyou / doryokumokuhyo
    どりょくもくひょう
goal to strive for; challenge

努力義務

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 doryokugimu
    どりょくぎむ
obligation to make a sincere effort (to follow a set of rules, etc.)

外交努力

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 gaikoudoryoku / gaikodoryoku
    がいこうどりょく
diplomatic efforts

奮励努力

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 funreidoryoku / funredoryoku
    ふんれいどりょく
(noun/participle) (yoji) making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

奮闘努力

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 funtoudoryoku / funtodoryoku
    ふんとうどりょく
(noun/participle) (yoji) try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts

経営努力

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 keieidoryoku / keedoryoku
    けいえいどりょく
management effort; managerial effort; operation action

自助努力

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 jijodoryoku
    じじょどりょく
(noun/participle) self-help efforts; independent efforts; self-supporting endeavor

たゆまず努力

see styles
 tayumazudoryoku
    たゆまずどりょく
(noun/participle) untiring labor (labour)

努力も空しく

see styles
 doryokumomunashiku
    どりょくもむなしく
(exp,adv) after efforts in vain

努力も虚しく

see styles
 doryokumomunashiku
    どりょくもむなしく
(exp,adv) after efforts in vain

少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲


少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

see styles
shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi
    shao4 zhuang4 bu4 nu3 li4 , lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1
shao chuang pu nu li , lao ta t`u shang pei
    shao chuang pu nu li , lao ta tu shang pei
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age

Variations:
努力の賜物
努力のたまもの

see styles
 doryokunotamamono
    どりょくのたまもの
(exp,n) fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts

Variations:
努力も虚しく
努力も空しく

see styles
 doryokumomunashiku
    どりょくもむなしく
(exp,adv) after efforts in vain

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Great Endeavor
To Strive
努力doryoku / doryokunǔ lì / nu3 li4 / nu li / nuli
Five Reflections
Gosei
一至誠に悖るなかりしか一言行に恥づるなかりしか一氣力に缺くるなかりしか一努力に憾みなかりしか一不精に亘るなかりしかshi se i ni moto ru na ka ri shi ka? gen kou ni ha zu ru na ka ri shi ka?
ki ryo ku ni ka ku ru na ka ri shi ka? do ryo ku ni u ra mi na ka ri shi ka?
bu sho u ni wa ta ru na ka ri shi ka?
shi se i ni moto ru na ka ri shi ka? gen ko ni ha zu ru na ka ri shi ka?
ki ryo ku ni ka ku ru na ka ri shi ka? do ryo ku ni u ra mi na ka ri shi ka?
bu sho u ni wa ta ru na ka ri shi ka?


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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

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A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


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