开足马力
kāi​zú​mǎ​lì

to accelerate to full power

  • created sense approved 开足马力/開足馬力 · kāi​zú​mǎ​lì · to accelerate to full power — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    开足马力 / 開足馬力

    kāi​zú​mǎ​lì

    to accelerate to full power

    to increase the speed of an engine or machine to its maximum limit

    开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to operate 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · fully 马力 (literal) → 马力/馬力 · mǎ​lì · driving force

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 开足马力/開足馬力 · kāi​zú​mǎ​lì · to go full steam ahead — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    开足马力 / 開足馬力

    kāi​zú​mǎ​lì

    to go full steam ahead

    (idiom) to work as hard as possible toward a goal; to put into high gear

    开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to start 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · fully 马力 (literal) → 马力/馬力 · mǎ​lì · driving force

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense