"diligent" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 勤奋 勤奮 | hardworking / diligent | syn | |
| 勤劳 勤勞 | hardworking / industrious / diligent | syn | |
| 用功 | diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort | syn | |
| 勤快 | diligent / hardworking | syn | |
| 勤勉 | diligence / diligent / industrious | syn | |
| 孜孜 | diligent / hardworking / industrious / assiduous | syn | |
| 劼 | careful / diligent / firm | ||
| 勤力 | hardworking / diligent | ||
| 勤奋刻苦 勤奮刻苦 | diligent / assiduous | ||
| 贤劳 賢勞 | diligent |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 手不释卷 手不釋卷 | lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking | syn | |
| 用心 | motive / intention / to be diligent or attentive / careful | syn | |
| 孜孜不倦 | lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom) / continuous concentrated effort / assiduous (in study) / to concentrate | syn | |
| 勤恳 勤懇 | diligent and attentive / assiduous / sincere | syn | |
| 尽职尽责 盡職盡責 | responsible and diligent (idiom) | syn | |
| 着意 著意 | to act with diligent care | syn | |
| 勤俭节约 勤儉節約 | (idiom) diligent and thrifty | syn | |
| 天道酬勤 | Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom) | ||
| 孜孜以求 | diligent and tireless (idiom) | syn | |
| 笃学 篤學 | studious / diligent in study | syn | |
| 吴下阿蒙 吳下阿蒙 | General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom) / model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) | ||
| 敬业乐群 敬業樂群 | diligent and sociable (idiom) / meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues | ||
| 笃信好学 篤信好學 | sincere belief and diligent study | ||
| 钻坚仰高 鑽堅仰高 | lit. looking up to it, it gets higher / boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study | ||
| 闻鸡起舞 聞雞起舞 | to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies | syn | |
| 朝乾夕惕 | cautious and diligent all day long (idiom) | syn | |
| 牛角挂书 牛角掛書 | lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies | ||
| 勤俭耐劳 勤儉耐勞 | diligent and able to endure hardship (idiom) | ||
| 勤谨 勤謹 | diligent and painstaking | syn | |
| 辛勤耕耘 | to make industrious and diligent efforts (idiom) | ||
| 颠颠 顛顛 | glad and diligent | ||
| 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 書中自有黃金屋，書中自有顏如玉 | lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow | ||
| 勤政 | to govern diligently / diligent governance | syn |