quán全fulllì力strengthyǐ以withfù赴go
Go all out — commit your full strength to it.
Literal meaning
full (全) — strength (力) — with (以) — go (赴)
Origin
A late-imperial four-character phrase whose components — 全力 (full strength) + 以 (with) + 赴 (head toward) — were already in common Chinese before being fused into a fixed expression. Crystallised into chengyu form in early-modern writing about military and athletic effort.
Examples
Wǒ我men们huì会quán全lì力yǐ以fù赴wán完chéng成zhè这ge个xiàng项mù目。
We'll go all out to complete this project.
Tā他quán全lì力yǐ以fù赴zhǔn准bèi备kǎo考shì试。
He's giving his all to prepare for the exam.
Usage & nuances
Workhorse phrase — comfortable in spoken Chinese, business writing, sports commentary, and project commitments. Strong commitment tone without sounding overly grand.
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