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Definition(s) for: 呕心沥血

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
呕心沥血 ǒu xīn lì xuè - lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
- to work one's heart out
- blood, sweat and tears

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 29,590 39,123 32,902

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
呕 ǒu- vomit
心 xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
沥 lì- to drip
- to strain or filter
- a trickle
血 xiě- see 血[xue4]
血 xuè- blood
- colloquial pr. [xie3]
- CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]

Other Words Containing 呕心沥血

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
呕心沥血 - - 29,590 39,123 32,902