来之不易

Traditional: 來之不易

lái zhī bù yì

Dictionary entry

(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained

What does 来之不易 mean?

来之不易 (lái zhī bù yì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained

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来láito come · (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-易Yìsurname Yi · I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])

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来之不易

lái zhī bù yì

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