心血

xīn xuè

HSK 7–9

Meaning

心思和精力；为某个目标而付出的努力。

Heart's blood; painstaking effort or devotion.

通常用于描述某人为了某事付出了极大的努力和心思，多用于正面或同情语境。

Typically used to describe someone who has put a lot of effort and thought into something, often in a positive or sympathetic context.

1 这项工程耗费了他很多心血。 (This project cost him a lot of painstaking effort.)
2 她把全部心血都倾注在教育事业上。 (She devoted all her heart and soul to education.)
3 这本书是他十年心血的结晶。 (This book is the fruit of ten years of painstaking work.)
4 看到自己心血毁于一旦，他非常伤心。 (Seeing his painstaking work destroyed in an instant, he was very sad.)
5 这盆花是他精心培育的心血之作。 (This potted plant is a labor of love that he carefully cultivated.)

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