自力更生

zìlì-gēngshēng

to rely on one's own efforts; self-reliance

HSK 3.0 word list · Band 7
Dictionary entry

regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance

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See it in sentences

农村要自力更生。

Nóngcūn yào zìlì-gēngshēng.

English

The countryside must rely on itself.

靠别人还是自力更生？

Kào biérén háishi zìlì-gēngshēng?

English

Depend on others or on one's own efforts?

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