Gung ho is an English term used to mean "enthusiastic", "overzealous" or "fanatic". It comes from the anglicised pronunciation of "gong hé" (shortened version of the Chinese term "gongyè hézuòshè". The two Chinese characters "gong" and "hé" are translatable individually as "work" and "together".
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