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cố công

Pronunciation Northern /ko˧˥ kəwŋ˧˧/ Central /ko̰˩˧ kəwŋ˧˥/ Southern /ko˧˥ kəwŋ˧˧/
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Verb
strive
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
strive Core ActionsTheme

This verb means to exert a great deal of effort and strive persistently to achieve a goal.

vi Anh ấy đã cố công học tập để đạt được kết quả cao nhất.

en He strove to study hard to achieve the highest results.

Parts
cố / công / 故工
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Components

Components

cố công
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
故工
Candidates by syllable
cố 故（固 / 顧） công 工
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
có công / cố gắng / nỗ lực / vươn …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Same meaning
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biến cố / sự cố / cố ý / quá cố …
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cố (to try) — words using
công (Work Unit) — words using
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