- 加大努力 jiādànǔlì try harderto redouble one's efforts; to increase one's efforts
- 共同努力 gòngtóngnǔlì joint efforta combined or collective effort
- 发愤努力 fāfènnǔlì to work hardto make a determined effort; to push oneself and strive for success
- 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲 shàozhuàngbùnǔlìlǎodàtúshāngbēi if you are lazy in your youth, you will regret it in your old ageA proverb meaning that if one does not work hard while young and strong, one will only have useless regrets when old; from the Han dynasty poem [[长歌行|長歌行|chang2 ge1 xing2]]
- 贝努力 bèinǔlì BernoulliBernoulli; refers to the prominent Swiss mathematical family, including figures such as Johann and Daniel Bernoulli
- 努力以赴 nǔlìyǐfù to give it one's allto use one's best efforts to do something; to strive with all one's might towards a goal [idiom]