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耿耿

gěnggěng
adjective #62,629

Meanings

  1. 1 loyal; devoted
  2. 2 troubled; unable to let go
  3. 3 bright

Examples

HSK 6
他对那次失败一直耿耿于怀。
Tā duì nà cì shībài yìzhí gěnggěng yú huái.
He has never been able to let go of that failure.
HSK 7-9
这位老将军对国家忠心耿耿。
Zhè wèi lǎo jiāngjūn duì guójiā zhōngxīn gěnggěng.
This old general was utterly loyal to his country.

Tips

usage
Lives mostly in two idioms: 忠心耿耿 ‘utterly loyal’ and 耿耿于怀 ‘to brood over something’. In old poetry it also means ‘bright’: 耿耿星河 is the glittering Milky Way before dawn.

Stroke Order

耿 gěng