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呕心沥血

ǒu xīn lì xuè

4-character word Traditional 嘔心瀝血

What 呕心沥血 means

1. lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
2. to work one's heart out
3. blood, sweat and tears

The characters in 呕心沥血

• 呕ǒuvomit
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 沥lìto drip; to strain or filter; a trickle
• 血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě

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