HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

锲而不舍

qiè’érbùshě

Traditional: 鍥而不捨

unflagging efforts

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Meaning of 锲而不舍 in English

qiè’érbùshěHSK 7–9Syllabus #8671
  1. unflagging efforts
  2. to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth
  3. to persevere

Characters

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HSK words with 而

而且HSK 3而HSK 4然而HSK 4从而HSK 5反而HSK 5因而HSK 5进而HSK 6而已HSK 7–9继而HSK 7–9时而HSK 7–9
不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3
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HSK words with 舍

舍得HSK 5宿舍HSK 5舍不得HSK 5恋恋不舍HSK 7–9依依不舍HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences