励 (lì) means Exhort (urges - encourage). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
老师鼓 励 我参加比赛。
Lǎoshī gǔlì wǒ cānjiā bǐsài.
The teacher encouraged me to enter the competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 鼓励
父亲的话一直激 励 着他。
Fùqīn de huà yìzhí jīlìzhe tā.
His father's words have always spurred him on.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 激励
社会应该鼓 励 见义勇为。
Shèhuì yīnggāi gǔlì jiànyìyǒngwéi.
Society should encourage standing up bravely for what is right.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 见义勇为
老师勉 励 我们继续努力。
Lǎoshī miǎnlì wǒmen jìxù nǔlì.
The teacher encouraged us to keep working hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勉励
他常用这句话勉 励 自己。
Tā chángyòng zhè jù huà miǎnlì zìjǐ.
He often uses this saying to spur himself on.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勉励
他的话给了我很大的鼓 励 。
Tā de huà gěi le wǒ hěn dà de gǔlì.
His words gave me great encouragement.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 鼓励
适当的奖 励 可以激 励 员工。
Shìdàng de jiǎnglì kěyǐ jīlì yuángōng.
Suitable rewards can motivate staff.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 激励
适当的奖 励 能提高积极性。
Shìdàng de jiǎnglì néng tígāo jījíxìng.
Appropriate rewards raise enthusiasm.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 奖励
学校奖 励 了成绩优秀的学生。
Xuéxiào jiǎnglì le chéngjì yōuxiù de xuésheng.
The school rewarded the students with excellent results.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 奖励
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Words that contain 励
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How is 励 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 励 (lì, "Exhort (urges - encourage)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 励 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 励 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 励?
The dictionary page for 励 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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