一鼓作气 yīgǔzuòqì HSK7 to finish in one go Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 一鼓作气 一鼓作氣 yīgǔzuòqì to finish in one go to complete a task in a single burst of energy; to press on without letup. Originally referring to the first beat of a drum inspiring soldiers at the start of battle, it now encourages maintaining initial momentum until a job is finished. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.17 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Referenced by 曹刿论战 cáoguìlùnzhànAntonym 再衰三竭 zàishuāisānjié Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
一鼓作气 一鼓作氣 yīgǔzuòqì to finish in one go to complete a task in a single burst of energy; to press on without letup. Originally referring to the first beat of a drum inspiring soldiers at the start of battle, it now encourages maintaining initial momentum until a job is finished. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.17 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Referenced by 曹刿论战 cáoguìlùnzhànAntonym 再衰三竭 zàishuāisānjié Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
