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painstaking effort
to take a lot of trouble
laborious at pains

🖌️ 苦 Strokes 🖌️ 心 Strokes

煞shà 费fèi 苦kǔ 心xīn

Trad. 煞費苦心

to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
at the cost of a lot of effort

🖌️ 煞 Strokes 🖌️ 费 Strokes 🖌️ 苦 Strokes 🖌️ 心 Strokes

苦kǔ 心xīn 孤gū 诣yì

Trad. 苦心孤詣

to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble
to work hard at sth

🖌️ 苦 Strokes 🖌️ 心 Strokes 🖌️ 孤 Strokes 🖌️ 诣 Strokes

苦kǔ 心xīn 经jīng 营yíng

Trad. 苦心經營

to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts

🖌️ 苦 Strokes 🖌️ 心 Strokes 🖌️ 经 Strokes 🖌️ 营 Strokes

皇huáng 天tiān 不bù 负fù 苦kǔ 心xīn 人rén

Trad. 皇天不負苦心人

Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.

🖌️ 皇 Strokes 🖌️ 天 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 负 Strokes 🖌️ 苦 Strokes 🖌️ 心 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes