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鞭策

Mandarin · pinyin biān cè

to spur on
to urge on
to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

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鞭: biān · whip; whip; string of firecrackers
策: cè · scheme, plan; to whip; urge

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1–4 · bian1 ce4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bin1 caak3

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verb

(literally, literary) to impel by whipping
(figuratively) to spur on; to urge on; to encourage (progress); to motivate

noun

(literary) horsewhip

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