尽力

尽

盡

jìn

力

lì

to strive one's hardest / to spare no effort

Characters and words in 尽力

尽

儘

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

尽

盡

jìn = ji + (e)n4

to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

尽 = ⺀ + 尺 : Someone or something is using up all the blossoms in the encampment's bathroom, each day one more is missing. Joan of Arc wants to find out when they will be used up, so each day, she measures the remaining blossoms with a tape-measure.

力

lì = li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

力 = ㇆ + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.