孜孜不倦

Chinese

		diligent; hardworking; industrious diligent; hardworking; industrious; assiduous; absorbed; focused; with rapt attention	to not get tired
simp. and trad. (孜孜不倦)		孜孜	不倦
alternative forms		孳孳不倦

Etymology

From the Records of the Three Kingdoms:

自去長史，優遊無事垂三十年。乃更潛心典籍，孜孜不倦。年踰八十，猶手自校書，刊定謬誤。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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自去长史，优游无事垂三十年。乃更潜心典籍，孜孜不倦。年逾八十，犹手自校书，刊定谬误。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

Zì qù zhǎngshǐ, yōuyóu wúshì chuí sānshí nián. Nǎi gèng qiánxīn diǎnjí, zīzī bùjuàn. Nián yú bāshí, yóu shǒu zì jiàoshū, kāndìng miùwù. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīzībùjuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄗ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi¹ bat¹ gyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzībùjuàn [Phonetic: zīzībújuàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄗ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihzihbùjyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-tzŭ¹-pu⁴-chüan⁴
    • Yale: dz̄-dz̄-bù-jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzytzybujiuann
    • Palladius: цзыцзыбуцзюань (czyczybuczjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zi¹ bat¹ gyun⁶
    • Yale: jī jī bāt gyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzi¹ bat⁷ gyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ji¹ bed¹ gün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kyːn²²/

Idiom

孜孜不倦

1. diligent; assiduous