自力更生

zì lì gēng shēng

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

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

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自zìself; private, personal; from目力lìstrength, power; capability, influence丿更gèngmore, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify一曰乂生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth一土

Examples

上天会帮助自力更生的人。

shàng tiān huì bāng zhù zì lì gēng shēng de rén。

God helps those who help themselves.