Chinese word

尽力

Pronunciation

Pinyinjìn lì

Meaning

  • verbdo one's best

Example

我会尽力帮你。wǒ huì jìn lì bāng nǐ

I will do my best to help you.

Illustration for 尽力 (do one's best)

More examples

他会尽力维护客户的利益。tā huì jìn lì wéi hù kè hù de lì yì

He will do his best to protect the customer's interests.

Core concept

A person's full reserve of strength flows toward one chosen task.

Common phrases

  • 尽力维护jìn lì wéi hù

    do one's best to protect

  • 尽力争取jìn lì zhēng qǔ

    strive to win

  • 尽力协助jìn lì xié zhù

    do one's best to assist

Similar words

努力nǔ lì: Working hard and steadily to achieve a goal.

Definition in Chinese

对某项具体任务或请求投入全部可用的力量或精力，强调在该事项上尽最大努力。duì mǒu xiàng jù tǐ rèn wù huò qǐng qiú tóu rù quán bù kě yòng de lì liàng huò jīng lì qiáng diào zài gāi shì xiàng shàng jǐn zuì dà nǔ lì

Word origin

尽 (jìn, "to the fullest") + 力 (lì, "strength") presents effort as taking one's available strength to its limit.

Usage tips

  • In a reply to a request, the verb presents help as a commitment of effort while leaving the final outcome open.

Other meanings

  • make an effortverb
  • give it one's allverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 尽心尽力jìn xīn jìn lìdevote oneself wholeheartedlyidiom

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