辛辛苦苦 (xīn xīn kǔ kǔ) — painstakingly; with great effort

Definition

Examples

• 他辛辛苦苦工作了三十年，终于攒够了钱。
  Tā xīn xīn kǔ kǔ gōng zuò le sān shí nián, zhōng yú zǎn gòu le qián.
  He worked painstakingly for thirty years and finally saved enough money.
• 父母辛辛苦苦把我们养大，我们要好好报答他们。
  Fù mǔ xīn xīn kǔ kǔ bǎ wǒ men yǎng dà, wǒ men yào hǎo hǎo bào dá tā men.
  Our parents raised us with great effort; we should repay them well.
• 这些成果是大家辛辛苦苦换来的。
  Zhè xiē chéng guǒ shì dà jiā xīn xīn kǔ kǔ huàn lái de.
  These results were obtained through everyone's hard work.

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