Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "努" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
努 [nǔ]
动
【本义】:勉力,出力 (Original meaning: exert effort; put forth strength)
【造字法】:形声。从力,奴声 (Character formation: phono-semantic compound, composed of "strength" and the phonetic sound "nu")
1. 尽量地使出力量: 力 (to exert strength; e.g., 努力 - exert effort)
2. 突出,撅着: (to protrude; e.g., 努嘴 - pouting lips)
3. 因用力太过,身体内部受伤: (to injure internally by overexertion; e.g., 用力不要太猛,别努着 - don’t exert too much force, or you might injure yourself)
【引】 (Quotation)
1. 《乐府诗集·长歌行》:少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
(From "Songs of the Broadside Poetry Collection": If one does not exert effort when young, one will only regret when old.)
【例】 (Example)
如: 努筋拔力 (to exert all one's strength; to make a great effort)
【引】 (Quotation)
1. 《水浒传》:却才见押司努嘴过来。
(From "Water Margin": Then one saw the officer pouting his lips.)
【例】 (Example)
如: 努唇胀嘴 (pouting lips, a facial expression indicating displeasure); 努咀 (pouting; to indicate with one's lips); 努目 (to widen one’s eyes; to make the eyeballs protrude); 努嘴胖唇 (puffed-up lips indicating displeasure); 努臂 (to stretch one’s arms).