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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

韧性

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rèn xìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Resilience/rɪˈzɪl.jəns/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她在逆境中表现出了极大的韧性。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, toughness, or psychological adaptability in the face of stress.

    "Her remarkable resilience helped her navigate through the most challenging periods of her career."
  2. 2

    The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed.

    "The rubber material was chosen for its high resilience and durability under pressure."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb resilire, meaning 'to rebound' or 'to recoil,' formed from re- (back) and salire (to leap). It entered English in the 17th century, initially referring to the physical property of a material bouncing back, and later evolved to describe psychological and emotional hardiness.

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