Make a firm effort
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is d ǐ f ē NGT ǐ ng è, which means sharpening the sword and drawing the sword. Resistance by force. It comes from the biography of Fu Long in the book of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Fu Long's biography in the book of the Song Dynasty: "if the son of Shi Hou and the grandson of RI yuan, who are the envoys of Shi Hou and RI yuan, do not wear Tian RI together with their two ancestors, how can they become famous for hundreds of generations and think that they are good talkers?"
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate; used in protest
Make a firm effort
ride the wind and cleave the waves - cháng fēng pò làng
hit the target every time without a miss - xián wú xū fā