Read Edit View history Discussion 一鼓作气 yīgǔzuòqì HSK7 to finish in one go Origin Definitions Defs 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)