Definition

1. Verb:
   • To strive for advancement; to be enterprising: To make active and diligent efforts to improve one's position, skills, or situation, often with a sense of ambition and forward momentum.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy luôn có tinh thần tiến thủ trong công việc. (He always has an enterprising spirit at work.)
  • Cô ấy tiến thủ bằng cách học thêm nhiều kỹ năng mới. (She strives for advancement by learning many new skills.)
  • Giới trẻ cần có ý chí tiến thủ. (Young people need to have the will to progress.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in a positive, commendable context to describe a desirable personal quality. It implies self-motivation and a proactive approach to life and career.
• "Chí tiến thủ" (n): Ambition; the will to advance; enterprising spirit. This is a very common compound noun form.
  • Nhà tuyển dụng đánh giá cao ứng viên có chí tiến thủ. (Employers highly value candidates with an enterprising spirit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiến bộ (v): to progress, to improve (often used for skills, knowledge, or a situation).
  • Trình độ tiếng Anh của tôi đã tiến bộ rất nhiều. (My English proficiency has improved a lot.)
• Phấn đấu (v): to strive, to struggle for a goal.
  • Cậu ấy phấn đấu để trở thành bác sĩ. (He strives to become a doctor.)

Synonyms

• To be ambitious: Having a strong desire for success or achievement.
• To be enterprising: Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.
• To strive: To make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.

Related Idioms

• Tiến lên: To advance, to move forward. This is a more general term for physical or figurative forward movement.
  • Quân đội tiến lên về phía trước. (The army advanced forward.)
• Vươn lên: To rise up; to overcome circumstances to achieve a better position.
  • Cô ấy vươn lên từ hoàn cảnh khó khăn. (She rose up from difficult circumstances.)