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呕心沥血
ǒu​xīn​lì​xuè

to work one's heart out

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 呕心 嘔心 ǒu​xīn
    to exert utmost effort
    to pour one's heart into something; to exert one's mental efforts to the limit, often used in the idiom 呕心沥血 ǒu​xīn​lì​xuè
  2. 沥血 瀝血 lì​xuè
    to give one's all
    to pour out one's heart or demonstrate utter sincerity; to work with extreme devotion