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多年的心血都没有白费 (many years of effort were not wasted)

Grammar & Usage

fixed expression

neutral

How it works

This is a complete sentence expressing a result. 多年 (duōnián) means 'many years', 心血 (xīnxuè) refers to painstaking effort or hard work. 没有白费 (méiyǒu báifèi) is the core predicate, meaning 'was not wasted'. The particle 都 (dōu) emphasizes that all of the effort was not wasted, reinforcing the positive outcome.

Sample sentences

看到项目成功，他觉得多年的心血都没有白费。

Seeing the project succeed, he felt that many years of painstaking effort had not been wasted.

虽然过程艰难，但最终的成果证明了多年的心血都没有白费。

Although the process was difficult, the final result proved that many years of effort were not wasted.

老师对学生的悉心教导，终于看到他们考上理想大学，感叹多年的心血都没有白费。

The teacher's meticulous guidance of the students finally saw them get into their ideal universities, and sighed that many years of effort had not been wasted.

Quick facts

literalTranslation:many years' heart-blood all not wasted

culturalConnotation:心血 (xīnxuè) literally means 'heart and blood', emphasizing the great mental and physical toll of the effort, making the positive outcome of 'not wasted' particularly meaningful.

Often used with

所有的心血都没有白费 (all the effort was not wasted)

付出的心血没有白费 (the effort put in was not wasted)

努力没有白费 (the effort was not wasted)

总算没有白费 (finally it was not wasted)

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Example

看到项目成功，他觉得多年的心血都没有白费。

Seeing the project succeed, he felt that many years of painstaking effort had not been wasted.

虽然过程艰难，但最终的成果证明了多年的心血都没有白费。

Although the process was difficult, the final result proved that many years of effort were not wasted.