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呕心
ǒu​xīn

to exert utmost effort

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 呕心沥血 ǒu​xīn​lì​xuè to work one's heart out
    to pour all of one's energy and effort into a task; literal meaning is to spit out one's heart and spill blood
  • 呕心血 ǒu​xīn​xuè to take great pains
    to spend an enormous amount of effort; to work one's heart out on something