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激勵

简 激励 · 繁 激勵
Mandarin · pinyin jī lì

Meanings

  1. to encourage
  2. to urge
  3. motivation
  4. incentive
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激
jī · arouse, excite, incite; quickly
勵
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励
lì · strive; encourage
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1–4 · ji1 li4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gik1 lai6

Cantonese word readings for 激勵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gik1 lai6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. to encourage; to motivate
  2. (literary) to reprimand; to slam; to rebuke; to denounce

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