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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

自力更生 [zìlìgēngshēng]
  1. 1. self-reliant

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

自力更生 [zìlìgēngshēng]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] regeneration (or reconstruction) through one's own efforts; self-reliance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

自力更生 [zìlìgēngshēng]
  1. 1. 依靠自己的力量改变原来的状况而获得发展。

Examples

自力更生为主,争取外援为辅
rely mainly on one's own efforts while making external assistance subsidiary
立足于独立自主和自力更生
be based on independence and self-reliance 立足
自力更生为主,外援为辅
rely mainly on one's own efforts while making external assistance subsidiary 为主
主张自力更生
advocate self-reliance 主张
自力更生
regeneration (or reconstruction) through one's own efforts; self-reliance 更生
依靠自己,自力更生 依靠
自力更生是一种好品质。 更生
我们主张自力更生 主张
刚解放的时候, 甲兵不足, 人民自力更生, 终于建起了自己的国防。
We suffered from inadequate armor and weaponry when the liberation war finished. After years of working on our own, our country has built strong defenses. 甲兵
你是个全人, 应该自力更生
You aren't disabled, you should rely on your own efforts. 全人

Word Decomposition


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