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精益求精
精益求精
Chinese
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energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
!benefit; increase
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to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
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energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
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!simp. and trad.
(精益求精)
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Idiom
精益求精
- (Advanced Mandarin) to keep improving; to constantly improve
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing yih chyou jing
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zing1 jik1 kau4 zing1
- Yale: jīng yīk kàuh jīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1 jik7 kau4 dzing1
- IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-ek-kiû-cheng
- Tâi-lô: tsing-ik-kiû-tsing
- Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'ekkiuzefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ iɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kiu¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
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