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不辭辛苦

简不辞辛苦 · 繁不辭辛苦

Mandarin · pinyin bù cí xīn kǔ

to make nothing of hardships

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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
辭: Look up this written character
辛: xīn · bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160
苦: kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering
辞: cí · words, speech, expression, phrase

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4–2–1–3 · bu4 ci2 xin1 ku3

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bat1 ci4 san1 fu2

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(idiomatic) to spare no effort; to take pains; to take the trouble to; to go to the trouble of doing something

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