苦心孤诣
kǔ​xīn​gū​yì

to work with painstaking care

  • created sense approved 苦心孤诣/苦心孤詣 · kǔ​xīn​gū​yì · to work with painstaking care — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦心孤诣 / 苦心孤詣

    kǔ​xīn​gū​yì

    to work with painstaking care

    to make extreme efforts to achieve something; specifically to study or work hard to reach a level of excellence that others cannot match

    苦心 (literal) → 苦心 · kǔ​xīn · painstakingly 孤 (literal) → 孤 · gū · solitary 诣 (literal) → 诣/詣 · yì · attainment

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 苦心孤诣/苦心孤詣 · kǔ​xīn​gū​yì · to manage with difficulty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦心孤诣 / 苦心孤詣

    kǔ​xīn​gū​yì

    to manage with difficulty

    to manage or plan something with painstaking care and great difficulty

    苦心 (literal) → 苦心 · kǔ​xīn · painstaking effort 孤 (literal) → 孤 · gū · solitary 诣 (literal) → 诣/詣 · yì · attainment

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense