STRIVE FOR  務求

TRY INTENSELY to SUCCEED in something IMPORTANT.
AIMTRY (HARD)ATTEMPTENDEAVORAIMVENTUREMAKE AN EFFORTEXERT ONESELFDO ONE'S BESTDO ALL ONE CANDO ONE'S UTMOSTLABORWORKINFORMAL GO ALL OUTGIVE IT ONE'S BEST SHOTPULL OUT ALL THE STOPSFORMAL ESSAY
Antonym
  • AVOIDACT so as to CAUSE ONESELF NOT to ENCOUNTER OR SUFFER something.
    Hypernym
    • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
          • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
    See also
    • SEEKTRY to FIND.
      • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current general word for striving for something as an important aim in one's life is wù 務.

        2. Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties.

        3. Yè 業 refers to the making something one's professional concern.

        4. Lì 力 is occasionally used to refer to the putting every effort into something.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        務求 is the standard modern word for striving towards something.

        苦幹 focusses on the demanding nature of the effort required in striving for something.

        追求 refers to a persistent pursuit of an aim.

        探求

        希求

        尋求

        追逐

        求

        貪

        干

        射

        躁競

        汲汲

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          Words

          務  wù OC: mos MC: mi̯o 77 AttributionsWD

          The current general word for striving for something as an important aim in one's life is wù 務.

            Word relations
          • Object: 本/BASIS The basic word is běn 本 "the trunk, the main part" (ant. mò 末 "marginal part") and this word refers to the crucial constituent of something in any sense. [GENERAL], [STATIC]; [[COMMON]]
          • Synon: 事/STRIVE FOR Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties.

            Syntactic words
          • nab(.post-N)psychone's main concernCH
          • nabobjectconcerns, obligations; task, purpose; main concern
          • nabpsychwhat one aims and strives for> aim, purpose
          • vt(oN)strive for the contextually determinate thing N
          • vt+prep+Naim for, work towards, strive for
          • vt+V[0]do everything for; aim to, aspire to; make it one's business, be preoccupied with the task of
          • vtoNaim for; be mainly concerned with as one's task, concentrate on, concentrate one's efforts on; strive for (success); be concerned to; devote one's efforts to
          • vtoNimperativehave N as your main concern!
          • vtoV(0)do one's best to VCH
          求  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 29 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabaim, aspirationLZ
          • nab.post-N{SUBJ}object=所求 what the N strives for> aims, aspirationsCH
          • vt+V[0]seek to V (often difficult to distinguish from TRY...)
          • vt[oN]strive for things;DS
          • vtoNto strive forLZ
          • vtoNabstrive forCH
          事  shì OC: dzrɯs MC: ɖʐɨ 11 AttributionsWD

          Shì 事 refers to working at something either because one has chosen to or because it is part of one's duties.

            Word relations
          • Synon: 務/STRIVE FOR The current general word for striving for something as an important aim in one's life is wù 務.

            Syntactic words
          • nab(.post-N)socialmain striving, main aim, main business
          • vt+prep+Npsychstrive particularly for, in practical as well as intellectual ways; be mainly concerned with
          • vt+V[0]have as one's task to VCH
          • vtoNpsychhave as one's main concern; make something one's own business; show concern for
          業  yè OC: ŋab MC: ŋi̯ɐp 3 AttributionsWD

          Yè 業 refers to the making something one's professional concern.

            Syntactic words
          • nabsocialmain purpose in public life, main professional aim; main mission; inherited professional aim
          力  lì OC: ɡ-rɯɡ MC: lɨk 2 AttributionsWD

          Lì 力 is occasionally used to refer to the putting every effort into something.

            Syntactic words
          • vtoNstrive for, try with all one's might to obtain
          • vtoNpassivebe striven for with all one's might
          行  xíng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 2 AttributionsWD

          Xíng 行and fú 服 "devote oneself completely to" focusses on action rather than thought as the field of concentration.

            Syntactic words
          • vtoNwork towards; be concerned with in one's actions, show concern for, concentrate on
          赴  fù OC: phoɡs MC: phi̯o 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNrun after, strive for LUNHENG
          趨  qū MC: tshju OC: tshoCH 1 AttributionWD

            Word relations
          • Oppos: 捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

            Syntactic words
          • nab(.post-N)psychurgent main concernCH
            Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nab(.post-N)psychurgent main concernCH

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