自力更生 zìlì-gēngshēng regeneration through one's own effort
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
怎么记住“自力更生”: 自 self + 力 power + 更 even more + 生 life = regeneration through one's own effort.
汉字
用法
- Idiom: self-reliance - to rebuild/support oneself by one's own effort - 我们要自力更生，艰苦奋斗 (wǒmen yào zìlì gēngshēng, jiānkǔ fèndòu) we must be self-reliant and work hard.
- A classic slogan of independence from outside aid, at personal or national scale.
- Positive, exhortative register; pairs with 艰苦奋斗.
例句
- 上天会帮助自力更生的人。 Shàngtiān huì bāngzhù zìlìgēngshēng de rén.God helps those who help themselves.