尽力 jìn lì to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort Example sentences 我知道你尽力了。 wǒ zhīdào nǐ jìnlìle. I know you did your best 他们想尽力把工作做完，可是太多了，还是做不完。 tāmen xiǎng jìnlì bǎ gōngzuò zuòwán, kěshì tài duō le, háishi zuò bùwán. They tried their best to finish the work, but there are too much of it, and they still couldn't finish it