心血
xīnxuè
nounHSK 7-9
“Heart's blood” in Chinese is 心血 (xīnxuè).
Meaning
- heart's blood
- expenditure (for some project)
- meticulous care
Example
我们已经花了五个月的心血在这上面了。别这时候搞砸了。
We've been working on this for five months. Don't fuck it up now.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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