没苦硬吃

沒苦硬吃
méikǔyìngchī
(neologism c. 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured; to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself

CEDICT

neologism

Entry Composition

1 没 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
2 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
3 硬 yìng
  1. hard; stiff; solid
  2. (fig.) strong; firm
  3. resolutely; uncompromisingly
  4. laboriously; with great difficulty
  5. good (quality); able (person)
  6. (of food) filling; substantial
=4 吃 chī
  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
=4 吃 chī variant of 吃 chī