我好不容易找到的
“I went to great lengths to collect them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我的药啊
“My medicinal ingredients!”
我 好不容易 找到 的
“I went to great lengths to collect them.”
以毒攻毒好不好
“How about we try fighting poison with poison?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Highlighting hard work ('好不容易') is often used in Chinese interactions to appeal to the other party's sympathy and dissuade them from rejecting a proposal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great difficulty; after much trouble
Used before a verb to emphasize that an accomplishment required arduous effort.
Completes the 'shi...de' cleft construction to emphasize the strenuous circumstances under which the item was obtained.