{"path":"/entry/15684","title":"励精图治 / 勵精圖治 (lì jīng tú zhì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"励精图治 / 勵精圖治 (lì jīng tú zhì): to strive to make one's nation strong and prosperous (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":15684,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["励精图治"],"TRADITIONAL":["勵精圖治"]}},"phonetic":"lì jīng tú zhì","phoneticKey":"li4 jing1 tu2 zhi4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"of a ruler","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to strive to make one's nation strong and prosperous ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From The Book of Han:","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"This form first attested in 1128 in Li Gang's autobiography 《建炎進退志》.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"自霍光薨后，始躬万机，厉精为治，五日一听事。","traditional":"自霍光薨後，始躬萬機，厲精爲治，五日一聽事。"},"phonetic":"Zì Huò Guāng hōng hòu, shǐ gōng wànjī, lì jīng wéi zhì, wǔrì yī tīng shì.","english":"After the death of Huo Guang, the emperor began to personally oversee all affairs of state, diligently applying himself to governance and holding court every five days.","ref":"The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}