做牛做马 (做牛做馬) zuò niú zuò mǎ

zuò niú zuò mǎ set phrase to work like an ox, to work like a horse; to work extremely hard
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: , Concept:
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  • 做牛做马来 (做牛做馬來) 將來就要做牛做馬來償還了 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1-叢林制度》, Lecture 8: Monastery Language 第八講‧叢林語言 — count: 2
  • 儿女做牛做马 (兒女做牛做馬) 其他的則是為兒女做牛做馬 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》, The Thirty Years of Human Life 人生三十歲 — count: 2
  • 众生做牛做马 (眾生做牛做馬) 菩薩發心都是甘願為眾生做牛做馬 — Modern Mentality Trends of Thought - Speeches over the Years 《當代人心思潮-歷年主題演說》, To Resolve and to Develop 發心與發展 — count: 2