來之不易

See also: 来之不易

Chinese

		to come	's; him/her/it; this	to be not easy; to not change
trad. (來之不易)		來	之	不易
simp. (来之不易)		来	之	不易

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láizhībùyì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ zi¹ bat¹ ji⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láizhībùyì [Phonetic: láizhībúyì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láijhihbùyì
  - Wade–Giles: lai²-chih¹-pu⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: lái-jr̄-bù-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laijybuyih
  - Palladius: лайчжибуи (lajčžibui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loi⁴ zi¹ bat¹ ji⁶
  - Yale: lòih jī bāt yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁴ dzi¹ bat⁷ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: loi⁴ ji¹ bed¹ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/

Idiom

來之不易

to not come easily; to be hard-won or hard-earned
這個勝利來之不易啊。 [MSC, trad.]
这个胜利来之不易啊。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè ge shènglì láizhībùyì a. [Pinyin]
The victory was hard-won.

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