孜孜不倦

zīzībùjuàn
idiom #34,205

Meanings

  1. 1 diligent and tireless
  2. 2 to work assiduously without flagging
  3. 3 to concentrate without ever tiring

Examples

Tā zīzībújuàn de xuéxí, zhōngyú kǎoshàng le lǐxiǎng de dàxué.
He studied tirelessly and finally got into his dream university.
Lǎo jiàoshòu jǐshí nián lái zīzībújuàn de cóngshì yánjiū.
For decades the old professor has pursued his research tirelessly.

Tips

history
From 《尚书·》: 「」 — 'day after day, diligent; never daring idleness.' Reinforced by 《·》 and 《··》, where 孜孜不倦 describes lifelong scholars. Classical gold-standard for tireless study.
mistakes
is zī, not zǐ. Tone sandhi in speech: (zī zī) + becomes zī zī bú juàn because is fourth tone.

Stroke Order

juàn