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孜孜

Mandarin · pinyin zī zī

diligent
hardworking
industrious
assiduous

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孜: zī · be as diligent as possible

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adj

(ideophonic, literary) diligent; hardworking; industrious; assiduous
(ideophonic, literary) absorbed; focused; with rapt attention
(ideophonic, literary) earnest; eager; persistent
(ideophonic, literary) incessant; ceaseless; non-stop
(ideophonic, literary) harmonious and happy; beautiful; gentle
(ideophonic, literary) alone; by oneself
(ideophonic, literary) used as an augmentative or expressive suffix to form ideophonic adjectives.

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