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励
勵
lì
1. to encourage
2. to urge
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

励
lì
to encourage; to strive
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (10)

勉励
miǎnlì
to encourage
HSK 6
励志
lìzhì
to encourage
激励
jīlì
to encourage
HSK 6
奖励
jiǎnglì
to reward
HSK 6
策励
cèlì
to encourage
鼓励
gǔlì
to encourage
HSK 4
励志哥
lìzhìgē
ugly guy with a pretty girlfriend (slang)
王励勤
WángLìqín
Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
激励机制
jīlìjīzhì
incentive mechanism
奖励旅行
jiǎnglìlǚxíng
incentive travel

Alternate Entries

励
Lì
surname Li

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,467
Word Frequency Rank
3,601 of 84,292

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