全力以赴。

quán lì yǐ fù

Go all out; spare no effort; give one's full effort to achieve a goal

这次比赛我一定会全力以赴。

I will definitely go all out in this competition.

Etymology

This idiom originated from the historical Chinese text *Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms*, describing the act of using all of one's strength to pursue a goal.

Memory Aid

Break the idiom into parts: 全 (all) + 力 (strength/effort) + 以 (in order to) + 赴 (go/attain) = all strength used to go after a goal.

Collocations

全力以赴应对全力以赴准备全力以赴完成全力以赴争取

Synonyms

竭尽全力不遗余力尽心竭力

Antonyms

敷衍了事偷工减料留有余力

Related Words

尽力而为全心全意拼搏