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Meaning of 胼手胝足

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
胼 pián 手 shǒu 胝 zhī 足 zú
with callouses on hands and feet (idiom); to work one's fingers to the bone
Example Sentences
1
他们胼手胝足用这块地盖了个小学校
。
They made full use of this piece of land and built a school on it.
2
为了我们
,
他们胼手胝足
,
在西部安顿下来
。
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West;
3
为了我辈
,
他们胼手胝足
,
开发西部
;
忍受风吹雨打
,
拓荒垦田
。
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and ploughed the hard earth.
4
它给胼手胝足
,
竭尽全力维持生计的人们带来的是生活费用飞涨
。
It increases the cost of living of those who toil and those who already must strain every effort to keep soul and body together.
5
为了我们
,
他们胼手胝足
,
在西部安顿下来
;
忍受风吹雨打
,
筚路蓝缕
。
For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.