STRIVE FOR    務求

TRY INTENSELY to SUCCEED in something IMPORTANT.
AIMTRY (HARD)ATTEMPTENDEAVORAIMVENTUREMAKE AN EFFORTEXERT ONESELFDO ONE'S BESTDO ALL ONE CANDO ONE'S UTMOSTLABORWORKINFORMAL GO ALL OUTGIVE IT ONE'S BEST SHOTPULL OUT ALL THE STOPSFORMAL ESSAY
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for striving for something as an important aim in one's life is wù 務. 2. Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties. 3. Yè 業 refers to the making something one's professional concern. 4. Lì 力 is occasionally used to refer to the putting every effort into something.
Modern Chinese Criteria
務求 is the standard modern word for striving towards something. 苦幹 focusses on the demanding nature of the effort required in striving for something. 追求 refers to a persistent pursuit of an aim. 探求 希求 尋求 追逐 求 貪 干 射 躁競 汲汲 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • AVOIDACT so as to CAUSE ONESELF NOT to ENCOUNTER OR SUFFER something.
See also
  • SEEKTRY to FIND.
  • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING.
Hypernym
  • TRY　ACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING. (anc: 12/0, child: 9)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)

Words (9 items)

務  wù OC: mos MC: mi̯o 80 Attributions

The current general word for striving for something as an important aim in one's life is wù 務.

    Word relations
  • Object: 本/BASIS The basic word is běn 本 "the trunk, the main part" (ant. mò 末 "marginal part") and this word refers to the crucial constituent of something in any sense. [GENERAL], [STATIC]; [[COMMON]]
  • Synon: 事/STRIVE FOR Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties.

    Syntactic words
  • nab(.post-N)psychone's main concernCH
  • nabobjectconcerns, obligations; task, purpose; main concern
  • nabpsychwhat one aims and strives for> aim, purpose
  • vt(oN)strive for the contextually determinate thing N
  • vt+prep+Naim for, work towards, strive for
  • vt+V[0]do everything for; aim to, aspire to; make it one's business, be preoccupied with the task of
  • vtoNaim for; be mainly concerned with as one's task, concentrate on, concentrate one's efforts on; strive for (success); be concerned to; devote one's efforts to
  • vtoNimperativehave N as your main concern!
  • vtoV(0)do one's best to VCH
求  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 32 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabaim, aspirationLZ
  • nab.post-N{SUBJ}object=所求 what the N strives for> aims, aspirationsCH
  • vt+V[0]seek to V (often difficult to distinguish from TRY...)
  • vt[oN]strive for things;DS
  • vtoNto strive forLZ
  • vtoNabstrive forCH
事  shì OC: dzrɯs MC: ɖʐɨ 11 Attributions

Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties.

    Word relations
  • Synon: 務/STRIVE FOR The current general word for striving for something as an important aim in one's life is wù 務.

    Syntactic words
  • nab(.post-N)socialmain striving, main aim, main business
  • vt+prep+Npsychstrive particularly for, in practical as well as intellectual ways; be mainly concerned with
  • vt+V[0]have as one's task to VCH
  • vtoNpsychhave as one's main concern; make something one's own business; show concern for
業  yè OC: ŋab MC: ŋi̯ɐp 3 Attributions

Yè 業 refers to the making something one's professional concern.

    Syntactic words
  • nabsocialmain purpose in public life, main professional aim; main mission; inherited professional aim
行  xíng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 2 Attributions

Xíng 行and fú 服 "devote oneself completely to" focusses on action rather than thought as the field of concentration.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwork towards; be concerned with in one's actions, show concern for, concentrate on
赴  fù OC: phoɡs MC: phi̯o 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNrun after, strive for LUNHENG
力  lì OC: ɡ-rɯɡ MC: lɨk 2 Attributions

Lì 力 is occasionally used to refer to the putting every effort into something.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNstrive for, try with all one's might to obtain
  • vtoNpassivebe striven for with all one's might
趨  qū MC: tshju OC: tsho 1 Attribution

    Word relations
  • Oppos: 捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

    Syntactic words
  • nab(.post-N)psychurgent main concernCH
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nab(.post-N)psychurgent main concernCH