苦心孤诣
Traditional form:
苦心孤詣
Pinyin (reading):
kǔxīngūyì
Definitions:
- to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble
- to work hard at sth
Characters:
- 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
- 诣 - to reach; achievement, accomplishment
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