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to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble · to work hard at sth

苦心孤诣
kǔ xīn gū yì
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Synonyms
to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) · to beat one's brains out费尽心机fèi jìn xīn jīto build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts苦心经营kǔ xīn jīng yíngpainstaking effort · to take a lot of trouble · laborious at pains苦心kǔ xīn
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