极 力

jílì

“To make a supreme effort” in Chinese is 极力 (jílì).

Meaning

to make a supreme effort
at all costs

Example

他极力称赞了我。

He praised me to the skies.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jíHSK 37 strokesextremely lìHSK 22 strokespower

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 吉利 (jílì, Geely, Chinese car make) · 激励 (jīlì, to encourage)