劳心劳力
劳心劳力
láo xīn láo lì
to tax one's mind and body; demanding (work); dedicated (worker); hard-working
verb
Traditional: 勞心勞力
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- (verb) to tax one's mind and body
- demanding (work)
- dedicated (worker)
- hard-working
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Related Words
五劳七伤(wǔ láo qī shāng)— (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
→安神(ān shén)— to calm (soothe) the nerves
→劳力(láo lì)— labor
→以小挤大(yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà)— minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
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