cố công
Pronunciation
Northern
/ko˧˥ kəwŋ˧˧/
Central
/ko̰˩˧ kəwŋ˧˥/
Southern
/ko˧˥ kəwŋ˧˧/
Listen
strive
Verb
strive
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
strive
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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Parts
cố / công / 故工
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
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Similar
có công
Use
cố gắng / biến cố / sự cố / cố ý …
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Use
cố gắng / biến cố / sự cố / cố ý …