自力更生 Save Sign in to save words On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. zìlìgēngshēng ㄗˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄍㄥ ㄕㄥ regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) self-reliance Character by character 自(zì)self 力(lì)power 更(gēng)change or replace 生(shēng)grow A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT