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吃得苦中苦，方为人上人
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Definitions
- 1. one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)
- 2. no pain, no gain
Child Words of 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人
bitter
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
on top
to have to
person; people
to conduct oneself
to hit (the mark)
within
square
to eat
because of
to obtain
for sb
as (in the capacity of)