鞭策

biāncè
verb HSK 7 #24,399

Meanings

  1. 1 to spur on
  2. 2 to urge
  3. 3 to encourage with pressure

Examples

Lǎoshī de huà yīzhí biāncè zhe wǒ qiánjìn.
The teacher's words have always spurred me on.
Shībài de jīnglì biāncè tā gèngjiā nǔlì.
The experience of failure spurred him to work harder.
Wǒmen yào hùxiāng biāncè, gòngtóng jìnbù.
We should spur each other on and make progress together.

Tips

history
Literally means 'whip and prod' — is a whip and originally meant a bamboo prod for horses. The word evolved from physically driving horses to metaphorically motivating people.
register
鞭策 is a formal, literary word. In casual speech, people say 督促 or simply 激励.

Stroke Order

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