# 力争 (lìzhēng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 力争 (lìzhēng) means “to work hard for; to contend for”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to work hard for; to contend for
- Pinyin: lìzhēng (li4 zheng1)
- Traditional: 力爭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们队将力争拿第一名。
  Wǒmen duì jiāng lìzhēng ná dì-yī míng.
  Our team will strive to win first place.

## Characters

- [力](https://hanziro.com/word/li-strength/) (lì): strength; power
- [争](https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-strive/) (zhēng): to strive for; to argue

https://hanziro.com/word/li-zheng-work-hard/

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