争气 (爭氣)
zhēng qì
Pinyin

Definition

争气 (爭氣)
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zhēng qì
  1. to work hard for sth
  2. to resolve on improvement
  3. determined not to fall short

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人气
rén qì
  1. 1 popularity
  2. 2 personality
  3. 3 character
力气
lì qi
  1. 1 strength
  2. 2 classifier: 把 bǎ
勇气
yǒng qì
  1. 1 courage
  2. 2 valor
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather
帅气
shuài qi
  1. 1 handsome
  2. 2 smart
  3. 3 dashing
  4. 4 elegant

Idioms (20)

一团和气
yī tuán hé qì
  1. 1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 warm and affable
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
  1. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我看咱们是泥菩萨过江，自身难保。你看股市从六千点跌到一千多点，都说股市是国家经济的晴雨表，中国经济基本面还是不错的，可股市怎么那么不争气呢？我的血汗钱全打了水漂。哎，我现在连饭都吃不下。
wǒ kàn zánmen shì nípúsàguòjiāng 。nǐ kàn gǔshì cóng liùqiān diǎn diē dào yīqiān duō diǎn ，dōu shuō gǔshì shì guójiā jīngjì de qíngyǔbiǎo ，zhōngguó jīngjì jīběn miàn hái shì bùcuò de ，kě gǔshì zěnme nàme bù zhēngqì ne ？wǒ de xiěhànqián quán dǎ le shuǐpiāo 。ai ，wǒ xiànzài lián fàn dōu chī bu xià 。
I think we're like a clay Buddha crossing a river: hard-pressed to save even ourselves. Look at how the stock market fell from six thousand points to just over a thousand. Everyone says that the stock market is the barometer of a national economy. The Chinese economy is fundamentally alright, but how can the stock market be doing so poorly? All my hard-earned money has been wasted! Agh, I can't even eat!
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我也听说老赵的儿子相当争气，不过是不是准备讨媳妇了，所以买车买房？
wǒ yě tīngshuō Lǎo Zhào de érzi xiāngdāng zhēngqì ，bùguò shì bùshì zhǔnbèi tǎo xífù le ，suǒyǐ mǎichē mǎifáng ？
I've heard that Zhao's son really makes his family proud. But might it be that he is preparing to get married, that's why he's got a house?
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得了吧，球迷给予的支持还不够啊！我做国足的铁杆球迷已经20年了，但他们老是这样不争气，老是到了关键时刻就熄火，你说有什么办法。
déle ba ，qiúmí jǐyǔ de zhīchí hái bùgòu a ！wǒ zuò guózú de tiěgǎn qiúmí yǐjīng èrshí nián le ，dàn tāmen lǎoshi zhèyàng bùzhēngqì ，lǎoshi dào le guānjiàn shíkè jiù xīhuǒ ，nǐ shuō yǒu shénme bànfǎ 。
Save it - the support fans give isn't enough! I've been a diehard national football fan for 20 years already, but they've continually let everyone down. When the key moment comes, they always sputter out. What can be done?
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小神仙”给我争气啊！
Xiǎoshénxiān ”gěi wǒ zhēngqì a ！
Make me proud, ''Little Immortal!"
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