血汗钱 (xiě) — money earned through hard work; hard-earned money

Definição

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
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Exemplos

  • 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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