Read Edit View history 砥砺 dǐlì encourage Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 砥砺 (砥礪) dǐlì encourage verb to exhort or encourage someone, often used in the context of mutual improvement hone verb to sharpen a tool; (figuratively) to temper or improve oneself through hardship or practice Frequency Written text 0.285 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
砥砺 (砥礪) dǐlì encourage verb to exhort or encourage someone, often used in the context of mutual improvement hone verb to sharpen a tool; (figuratively) to temper or improve oneself through hardship or practice Frequency Written text 0.285 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)