great effort in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 努力 with this easy mnemonic:

I don't need to make a great effort to exert (努) enough power (力) to crush a stone.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 努
• 力

• 努力
• 魅力
• 全力
• 精力
• 力气
• 动力
• 活力
• 暴力
• 力量
• 电力
• 魔力
• 压力
• 潜力
• 注意力
• 无能为力
• 实力

The reading of 努力 is nǔ lì.

You can remember how to say 努力 with this useful mnemonic:

I'm the new (nǔ) strongman champion of the world, and the last winner looks like a little (lì) kitten compared to me.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like great effort and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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