呕心沥血 (嘔心瀝血)
ǒu xīn lì xuè
Pinyin

Definition

呕心沥血 (嘔心瀝血)
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ǒu xīn lì xuè
  1. lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
  2. to work one's heart out
  3. blood, sweat and tears

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伤心
shāng xīn
  1. 1 to grieve
  2. 2 to be broken-hearted
  3. 3 to feel deeply hurt
内心
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
小心
xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to take care
心
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 classifier: 颗 kē
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
心动
xīn dòng
  1. 1 heartbeat
  2. 2 heart rate
  3. 3 (fig.) emotionally affected
  4. 4 aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)

Idioms (20)

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一针见血
yī zhēn jiàn xiě
  1. 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying

Sample Sentences

我就说那个贱人一定在我背后对老板说了什么，现在好啦！我绞尽脑汁，呕心沥血规划出来的案子，就这样被她那纤纤小手轻轻一挥，然后就灰飞烟灭了。你说这口气我怎么吞得下去？
wǒ jiù shuō nàge jiànrén yīdìng zài wǒ bèihòu duì lǎobǎn shuōle shénme ，xiànzài hǎo la ！wǒ jiǎojìn nǎozhī ，ǒuxīn lìxiě guīhuà chūlái de ànzi ，jiù zhèyàng bèi tā nà xiānxiān xiǎoshǒu qīngqīng yì huī ，ránhòu jiù huīfēi yānmiè le 。nǐ shuō zhè kǒuqì wǒ zěnme tūn de xiàqu ？
I told you that bitch had said something to the boss behind my back, now look where we are! I racked my brains and put my blood, sweat and tears into planning that project, just to have her take it into her nimble little hands and now it has gone up in smoke. How am I supposed to just let it go?
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