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 ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): au² sam¹ lik¹ hyut³ / au² sam¹ lik⁶ hyut³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): au² sim¹ lêh⁸ huêh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒuxīnlìxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ 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 ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ 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 ㄒㄧㄣㄌㄧˋ 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

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