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 ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁴ zi¹ bat¹ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láizhībùyì [Phonetic: láizhībúyì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ 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

1. 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.