嘔心瀝血

Chinese

		to exert one's utmost effort; to feel sick; to have nausea
trad. (嘔心瀝血)		嘔心	瀝血
simp. (呕心沥血)		呕心	沥血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǒuxīnlìxuè, ǒuxīnlìxuě, ǒuxīnlìxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au² sam¹ lik¹ hyut³ / au² sam¹ lik⁶ hyut³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): au² sim¹ lêh⁸ huêh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒuxīnlìxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒusinlìsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-hsin¹-li⁴-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: ǒu-syīn-lì-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooushinlihshiueh
    • Palladius: оусиньлисюэ (ousinʹlisjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒuxīnlìxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒusinlìsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-hsin¹-li⁴-hsüeh³
    • Yale: ǒu-syīn-lì-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooushinlihsheue
    • Palladius: оусиньлисюэ (ousinʹlisjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒuxīnlìxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒusinlìsiě
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-hsin¹-li⁴-hsieh³
    • Yale: ǒu-syīn-lì-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooushinlihshiee
    • Palladius: оусиньлисе (ousinʹlise)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au² sam¹ lik¹ hyut³ / au² sam¹ lik⁶ hyut³
    • Yale: áu sām līk hyut / áu sām lihk hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au² sam¹ lik⁷ hyt⁸ / au² sam¹ lik⁹ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo² sem¹ lig¹ hüd³ / eo² sem¹ lig⁶ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lɪk̚⁵ hyːt̚³/, /ɐu̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lɪk̚² hyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: au² sim¹ lêh⁸ huêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: áu sim le̍h hueh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au⁵²⁻³⁵ sim³³ leʔ⁴⁻² hueʔ²/

Idiom

嘔心瀝血

1. determination and hard work; put your blood, sweat and tears into it