不遺餘力

See also: 不遗余力

Chinese

		to not leave; to not abandon; to not leave out	one's remaining energy; energy left over
trad. (不遺餘力)		不遺	餘力
simp. (不遗余力)		不遗	余力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyíyúlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄩˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ wai⁴ jyu⁴ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyíyúlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄩˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyíyúlì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-i²-yü²-li⁴
    • Yale: bù-yí-yú-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyiyulih
    • Palladius: буиюйли (buijujli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i³⁵ y³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ wai⁴ jyu⁴ lik⁶
    • Yale: bāt wàih yùh lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ wai⁴ jy⁴ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ wei⁴ yu⁴ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ lɪk̚²/

Idiom

不遺餘力

1. to do all one can; to do one's utmost; to spare no effort; to go all-out

   校長對清寒同學的照顧不遺餘力，令人感動。 [MSC, trad.]
   校长对清寒同学的照顾不遗余力，令人感动。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiàocháng duì qīnghán tóngxué de zhàogù bùyíyúlì, lìngrén gǎndòng. [Pinyin]

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   • 秦之攻我也，不遺餘力矣，必以倦而歸也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秦之攻我也，不遗余力矣，必以倦而归也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Qín zhī gōng wǒ yě, bùyíyúlì yǐ, bì yǐ juàn ér guī yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 委員和事，調停惟賴孔方；紳士責言，控訴不遺餘力。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     委员和事，调停惟赖孔方；绅士责言，控诉不遗余力。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《文明小史》第四回

     Wěiyuán héshì, diàotíng wéi lài kǒngfāng; shēnshì zé yán, kòngsù bùyíyúlì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 一力 (yīlì)
• 下力 (xiàlì)
• 僶俛 / 𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
• 儘力 / 尽力 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
• 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
• 出力 (chūlì)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力圖 / 力图 (lìtú)
• 力求 (lìqiú)
• 力爭 / 力争 (lìzhēng)
• 加勁 / 加劲 (jiājìn)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勉力 (miǎnlì)
• 呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
• 強力 / 强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
• 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
• 打拼 (dǎpīn)
• 拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拍灘 / 拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 拼搏 (pīnbó)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攢勁 / 攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
• 旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
• 極力 / 极力 (jílì)
• 殫力 / 殚力 (dānlì)
• 用力 (yònglì)
• 盡力 / 尽力 (jìnlì)
• 竭力 (jiélì)
• 竭盡全力 / 竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
• 落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
• 賣力 / 卖力 (màilì)
• 賣力氣 / 卖力气 (mài lìqi)

References

• “不遺餘力”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.