She wants to do it on her own.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
亲力亲为
to do sth oneself
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to do sth oneself
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 亲力亲为 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 亲力亲为 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
If you want something to be done right, sometimes you've just got to do it yourself.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 亲力亲为.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 亲力亲为.
Directly before
- 得亲力亲为1
- 想亲力亲为1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 亲力亲为
What does 亲力亲为 mean in Chinese?
亲力亲为 (qīnlìqīnwéi) means to do sth oneself.
How do you pronounce 亲力亲为?
亲力亲为 is pronounced qīnlìqīnwéi.
Is 亲力亲为 an HSK word?
亲力亲为 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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