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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

立志

lìzhì

to be determined

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to be determined

02

to be resolved

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 立志 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 立志 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

她立志成为一名演员。tā lì zhì chéng wéi yī míng yǎn yuán。

She aspired to become an actress.

人不要怕穷,要穷中立志.rén bú yào pà qióng, yào qióng zhōng lì zhì.

One should not be scared of poverty, and instead, be determined amidst it.

君子立恒志,小人恒立志。jūn zǐ lì héng zhì, xiǎo rén héng lì zhì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 立志.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 立志.

Directly before

  • 恒立志1
  • 她立志1
  • 中立志1

Directly after

  • 立志成为1
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 立志

What does 立志 mean in Chinese?

立志 (lìzhì) means to be determined.

How do you pronounce 立志?

立志 is pronounced lìzhì.

Is 立志 an HSK word?

立志 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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