He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
致力
to work for
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to work for
02
to devote one's efforts to
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 致力 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 致力 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Carlos is an employee who is committed to providing excellent customer service.
Because people in the world don't speak the same language, much effort is now devoted to translation.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 致力.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 致力.
Directly before
- 晚年致力1
- 努力致力1
- 都致力1
- 公司致力1
- 一位致力1
Directly after
- 致力於7
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 致力
What does 致力 mean in Chinese?
致力 (zhìlì) means to work for.
How do you pronounce 致力?
致力 is pronounced zhìlì.
Is 致力 an HSK word?
致力 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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