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苦心孤诣
kǔ xīn gū yì
What 苦心孤诣 means
- to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble
- to work hard at sth
The characters in 苦心孤诣
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
- 心xīnheart; mind; intention
- 孤gūlone; lonely
- 诣yìto go (to visit a superior); one's current attainment in learning or art
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