Hard-won in Chinese
hard-won · HSK 7–9
来之不易
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- 来 to come
- 之 of
- 不 not
- 易 easy
今天的好生活来之不易。 The good life we have today was hard-won.
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Hard-won in Chinese is 来之不易 (lái zhī bù yì).
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