毅

毅 yì in a sentence

Resolute (perseverance)

Full dictionary entry 4 sentences

毅 (yì) means Resolute (perseverance). Below are 4 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

他 毅 然辞去了工作。

Tā yìrán cí qù le gōngzuò.

He resolutely resigned from his job.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毅然

他靠 毅 力坚持了下来。

Tā kào yìlì jiānchí le xiàlái.

He held on through sheer willpower.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毅力

她 毅 然选择了这条路。

Tā yìrán xuǎnzé le zhè tiáo lù.

She chose this path without hesitation.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毅然

做成这件事需要极大的 毅 力。

Zuòchéng zhè jiàn shì xūyào jí dà de yìlì.

Getting this done takes tremendous perseverance.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毅力

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How is 毅 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 sentences using 毅 (yì, "Resolute (perseverance)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Why do some sentences show 毅 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 毅 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

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