来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来之不易
láizhībúyì
hard-won; not easily gained
Characters in this word
之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这份成绩来之不易，我们一定要珍惜。 Zhè fèn chéngjì láizhī búyì, wǒmen yídìng yào zhēnxī. This result was hard-won, and we must cherish it.
- 他们的新家来之不易，是夫妻俩攒了十年的钱买的。 Tāmen de xīn jiā láizhī búyì, shì fūqī liǎ zǎn le shí nián de qián mǎi de. Their new home was hard-won; the couple saved money for ten years to buy it.
- 这碗米饭来之不易，千万不要浪费。 Zhè wǎn mǐfàn láizhī búyì, qiānwàn bú yào làngfèi. This bowl of rice was hard to come by, so please don't waste it.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 带来 dàilái to bring; to cause
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 来自 láizì to come from
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally