苦心
fu2 sam1kǔ xīn
English
- painstaking effort
- to take a lot of trouble
- laborious at pains
- painstaking effort; trouble taking
粵語 — Cantonese
- 辛勞付出嘅心思同努力（量詞：片／番）
Examples
苦心研究
painstaking study or research
苦心經營
to take great effort to build up
苦心孤詣
to make painstaking efforts
唔好白費我一番苦心，快啲飲晒啲湯佢。
I put hours of effort into the soup. Don't waste it.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk