yú yǒng kě gǔ

Traditional: 餘勇可賈

余勇可贾 (yú yǒng kě gǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work; not resting on one's laurels”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work
  2. 2not resting on one's laurels

Characters in 余勇可贾

余yú · (literary) I; me勇yǒng · brave可kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able贾gǔ · merchant

Related words

可以can可(prefix) can; may; able to; -able可used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可能might (happen)可是but; however可爱adorable可怜pitiful可怕awful不可思议(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable勇敢brave; courageous可惜it is a pity可不see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]

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