encourage; exhort; urge
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to encourage; to exhort; to urge earnestly
literaryLiterary register (书面语). Often used in formal contexts, speeches, or writings to encourage juniors, successors, or peers. Frequently appears in set phrases such as 勖勉有加 (repeated encouragement) and 勖勉后进 (encouraging those who come after).
Shī师
zhǎng长
xù勖
miǎn勉
yǒu有
jiā加
，
lìng令
zhòng众
jiàng将
shì士
shì士
qì气
dà大
zhèn振
。
The commander's repeated encouragement greatly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers.
Lǎo老
xiān先
sheng生
cháng常
xù勖
miǎn勉
hòu后
jìn进
，
huì诲
rén人
bù不
juàn倦
。
The elderly gentleman often encouraged his juniors and never tired of teaching others.
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Yuàn愿
yǐ以
cǐ此
wén文
xù勖
miǎn勉
tóng同
dào道
，
gòng共
fù赴
qián前
chéng程
。
May this essay serve to encourage my fellow travelers as we together proceed toward the future.