齐心协力

• Pinyin: qí xīn xié lì
• Hanzi breakdown: 齐 (even/unified); 心 (heart); 协 = 十 + 劦 (concerted effort); 力 (strength)

Meaning

To work together with one heart and one mind; to unite efforts wholeheartedly toward a common goal.

An idiom emphasising collective unity and cooperative effort. Widely used in team contexts, political discourse, and motivational speech. Implies not just physical cooperation but emotional and purposeful alignment.

Examples

1. 全体员工齐心协力，终于按时完成了这项艰巨的任务。 All the employees pulled together and finally completed the difficult task on time.
2. 面对突如其来的自然灾害，村民们齐心协力，共渡难关。 Facing the sudden natural disaster, the villagers worked together and got through the crisis.
3. 只有齐心协力，国家才能克服发展道路上的种种困难。 Only by working together can a country overcome all kinds of difficulties on its path of development.

Usage Guide

Context: teamwork, politics, social

Tone: positive

Do Say

• 全国人民齐心协力，共同推动国家的繁荣发展。(The people of the whole country work together with united hearts to promote the nation's prosperity.)
• 项目能够顺利完成，离不开团队成员的齐心协力。(The smooth completion of the project was inseparable from the team members' united effort.)

Don't Say

• 我们需要齐心协力地休息 — 齐心协力 requires collective effort toward an active goal; don't apply it to passive or individual activities

Origin & History

齐心 (united in heart) + 协力 (combined strength/effort)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal