砥砺

砥礪
dǐlì
  1. whetstone
  2. (lit. and fig.) to hone; to sharpen
  3. to encourage

CEDICT

  1. grindstone; whetstone
  2. to encourage; to motivate
  3. to sharpen up; to undergo hard training; to strengthen

Wiktionary

砥、砺都是磨刀石。砥砺引申为磨鍊。

重編國語辭典

  1. 勉励
  2. 磨刀石
  3. 磨炼

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 砥 dǐ
  1. baffle (pier)
  2. whetstone
2 砺 lì
  1. grind
  2. sandstone

Containing this entry

砥砺名节 dǐlìmíngjié

Related entries

厎 zhǐ whetstone
硎 xíng whetstone
碬 xiá whetstone
磨刀石 módāoshí whetstone (for honing knives)
磨石 móshí
  1. whetstone
  2. millstone
细磨刀石 xìmòdāoshí whetstone (for honing knives)
砥 dǐ
  1. baffle (pier)
  2. whetstone
研磨 yánmó
  1. milling
  2. to grind
  3. to polish by grinding
  4. to abrade
  5. whetstone
  6. pestle
助长 zhùzhǎng
  1. to encourage
  2. to foster
  3. to foment
暴力電影和電腦遊戲助長了年輕人的殘暴行為。

Cruelty in young people is fostered by violent movies and PC games.

Source: Tatoeba

勉励 miǎnlì to encourage
励 lì
  1. to encourage
  2. to urge
激励 jīlì
  1. to encourage
  2. to urge
  3. motivation
  4. incentive
他的演說激勵了所有的男孩。

His speech inspired all the boys.

Source: Tatoeba

策励 cèlì
  1. to encourage
  2. to urge
  3. to impel
  4. to spur sb on
钊 zhāo
  1. to encourage
  2. to cut
  3. to strain
鼓励 gǔlì to encourage
没有人鼓励他。

Nobody encouraged him.

Source: Tatoeba

助威 zhùwēi
  1. to cheer for
  2. to encourage
  3. to boost the morale of
劝勉 quànmiǎn
  1. to advise
  2. to encourage
兴 xīng
  1. to rise
  2. to flourish
  3. to become popular
  4. to start
  5. to encourage
  6. to get up
  7. (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
  8. maybe (dialect)
鼓气 gǔqì
  1. to puff up
  2. to swell up
  3. to inflate
  4. to blow air into sth
  5. (fig.) to encourage
  6. to support
策 cè
  1. policy
  2. plan
  3. scheme
  4. bamboo slip for writing (old)
  5. to whip (a horse)
  6. to encourage
  7. riding crop with sharp spines (old)
  8. essay written for the imperial examinations (old)
  9. upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
週五上午，美國勞工統計局公佈的數據顯示，美國經濟原本預計為正在快速擴張，但 4 月僅新增了 26.6 萬個工作崗位，這令美國的經濟學家和政策制定者感到震驚。

Economists and policymakers in the U.S. were stunned Friday morning when the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy, thought to be expanding at a rapid pace, added only 266,000 jobs in April.

Source: Tatoeba