血汗钱 (xiě) — money earned through hard work; hard-earned money
Definition
Literally 'blood-and-sweat money' — money earned through exhausting, often prolonged physical labor. Carries an emotional weight (years of sacrifice) that plain 钱 does not.
noun
money earned through hard workhard-earned money
Measure word · 分
Examples
- 血汗钱，。Zhè shì tā zhèng de xiě, bù néng làng fèi.This is money he earned through hard work; it cannot be wasted.
- 。Fù qīn yòng xiě gòng hái zi men shàng xué.Father used hard-earned money to support the children's education.
- 血汗钱。Zhè xiē xiě yì fēn dōu bù néng luàn huā.Not a single cent of this hard-earned money can be spent recklessly.
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