劳心劳力

勞心勞力
láoxīnláolì
  1. to tax one's mind and body
  2. demanding (work)
  3. dedicated (worker)
  4. hard-working

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 劳心 láoxīn
  1. to work with one's brains
  2. to rack one's brains
  3. to worry
2 劳力 láolì
  1. labor
  2. able-bodied worker
  3. laborer
  4. work force

Related entries

苛求 kēqiú demanding
费工夫 fèigōngfu
  1. to spend a great deal of time and effort
  2. (of a task) demanding
  3. exacting
难缠 nánchán
  1. (usu. of people) difficult
  2. demanding
  3. troublesome
  4. unreasonable
  5. hard to deal with
事儿 shìr
  1. one's employment
  2. business
  3. matter that needs to be settled
  4. (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. trying
  6. troublesome
  7. erhua variant of 事 shì

classifiers: 件, 樁

事儿被汤姆说中了。

Tom's prediction was correct.

Source: Tatoeba

专用 zhuānyòng
  1. special
  2. dedicated
這房間是老師專用的。

This room is used by teachers.

Source: Tatoeba

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