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Jin Li - Daily Mandarin Lesson

"Do Your Best" in Mandarin Chinese

By Qiu Gui Su, About.com

Jin Li

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Meaning

do one`s best (effort); strive as much as possible

Pronunciation

Tone marks: ►jìn lì
Tone numbers: jin4 li4

Chinese Characters

Traditional: 盡力
Simplified: 尽力

First Character: 盡 (jìn) – to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
Second Character: 力 (lì) – power; force; strength

Examples of Jìn Lì

Audio files are marked with ►

Tā yǐjīng jìnlì le.
她已經盡力了。
她已经尽力了。
She has already done her best.

Wǒmen huì jìnlì xiézhù nǐ.
我們會盡力協助你。
我们会尽力协助你。
We are doing our best to help you.

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