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来之不易

lái zhī bù yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 來之不易

来之不易 (lái zhī bù yì) means "hard to come by; not easily obtained". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 来之不易 means

1. idiomhard to come by; not easily obtained

The characters in 来之不易

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change

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