意志
yì zhì
Pinyin

Definition

意志
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yì zhì
  1. will
  2. willpower
  3. determination
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中意
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
创意
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
在意
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng
  1. 1 poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
  2. 2 poor but principled

Sample Sentences

这种艰苦的环境非常能够考验一个人的意志。
zhèzhǒng jiānkù de huánjìng fēicháng nénggòu kǎoyàn yī ge rén de yìzhì 。
This kind of harsh environment can really test a person's willpower.
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哎！梦想是丰满的，现实是骨感的。所以梦里想想就算了，真的跑去当兵的也没几个。部队的条件怎么好跟家里的比，他们就是要用艰苦的条件磨练你的意志。
āi ！mèngxiǎng shì fēngmǎn de ，xiànshí shì gǔgǎn de 。suǒyǐ mènglǐ xiǎngxiang jiù suànle ，zhēnde pǎo qù dāng bīng de yě méi jǐ ge 。bùduì de tiáojiàn zěnme hǎo gēn jiālǐ de bǐ ，tāmen jiùshì yào yòng jiānkù de tiáojiàn móliàn nǐ de yìzhì 。
Ha! People have plenty of dreams but in reality people take action on very few. People are content to think about such dreams, but there are very few who will actually go enlist. The conditions within the army can't be compared with those of having a family, so they use harsh training to temper your will.
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意志力很强。
yìzhìlì hěn qiáng 。
A strong will.
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你别太难过了。说不定他的病情没你想的那么严重。现在医学这么发达，只要治疗得当，很多早期中期的癌症是可以治愈的。听说国内有一种中西医结合治疗的方法很管用。哪怕到了晚期，只要患者生存意志坚定，也能战胜病魔。
nǐ bié tài nánguò le 。shuōbudìng tā de bìngqíng méi nǐ xiǎng de nàme yánzhòng 。xiànzài yīxué zhème fādá ，zhǐyào zhìliáo dédàng ，hěn duō zǎoqī zhōngqī de áizhèng shì kěyǐ zhìyù de 。tīngshuō guónèi yǒu yī zhǒng zhōngxīyī jiéhé zhìliáo de fāngfǎ hěn guǎnyòng 。nǎpà dào le wǎnqī ，zhǐyào huànzhě shēngcún yìzhì jiāndìng ，yě néng zhànshèng bìngmó 。
Don't feel so bad. You never know, maybe it's not that serious. Medical science is so advanced these days, if it can be treated properly, a lot of early-stage and mid-stage cancer can be cured. I heard there's a really effective treatment in China that combines traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Even if it gets to the later stages, as long as the patient has a strong will to survive, they can still beat such a serious disease.
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要有信心，野外生存考验的就是人的意志力。
yào yǒu xìnxīn ，yěwài shēngcún kǎoyàn de jiùshì rén de yìzhìlì 。
Have faith, outdoor survival is a test of one's willpower.
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说来说去，你就是没有意志力。
shuōláishuōqù ，nǐ jiùshì méiyǒu yìzhìlì 。
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