爭氣

Simplified: 争气

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2.

zhēngqì ㄓㄥㄑㄧˋ

- to work hard for sth
- to resolve on improvement
- determined not to fall short

Character by character

Other words read zhēngqì

In the same tone

zhengqi with other tones

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