What Does "没有功劳也有苦劳" (méi yǒu gōng láo yě yǒu kǔ láo) Mean?

méi没yǒu有gōng功láo劳yě也yǒu有kǔ苦láo劳

Even if we didn't achieve much, we've worked hard.

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions

méi没

Grammar Patterns

没有...也有

有...没

INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE

LINE 0102:33

zhào照

gù顾

zhè这

fáng房

zi子

zhè这

me么

duō多

nián年

“We've taken care of this house for so many years.”

LINE 0202:35

PLAYING SCENE

méi没

yǒu有

gōng功

láo劳

yě也

yǒu有

kǔ苦

láo劳

“Even if we didn't achieve much, we've worked hard.”

LINE 0302:38

shōu shàng lái de zū zi nà diǎn qián zǎo jiù huā wán le

收上来的租子那点钱早就花完了

“The little money we collected from rent was spent long ago.”

Show Information

Source MediaTV Series

Season & EpisodeS1 E14

Timestamp02:35

TMDB ID289624 →

More Clips From Episode

Total 71 clips (Page 2 of 4)

HSK 6

0:03s

大鱼大肉贵得吓死个人哪

dà yú dà ròu guì dé xià sǐ gè rén nǎMeat and fish are incredibly expensive.

HSK 3

0:03s

我真的不知道该怎么办您说您来这儿

wǒ zhēn de bù zhī dào gāi zěn me bàn nín shuō nín lái zhè érI really don't know what to do. Since you are here,

HSK 7

0:03s

大眼一瞪到天亮

dà yǎn yī dèng dào tiān liàngI just stare wide-eyed until dawn.

HSK 5

0:03s

头发一抓一把一把地掉

tóu fà yī zhuā yī bǎ yī bǎ dì diàoMy hair falls out in handfuls.

HSK 4

0:03s

这苦日子也不是咱们一两家

zhè kǔ rì zi yě bú shì zán men yī liǎng jiāWe are not the only ones having a hard time,

HSK 1

0:03s

也不可能是一天两天

yě bù kě néng shì yī tiān liǎng tiānand it won't just be for a day or two.

HSK 7

0:03s

咱们一起熬就熬过去了

zán men yì qǐ áo jiù áo guò qù leWe will endure it together, and we'll get through it.

HSK 7

0:03s

我爹都说大爹对你比亲爹还亲爹

wǒ diē dōu shuō dà diē duì nǐ bǐ qīn diē hái qīn diēEven my father said you are more of a father to me than he is.

HSK 3

0:03s

那可不行大爹

nà kě bù xíng dà diēThat won't do. Uncle,

HSK 3

0:03s

大嫂刚到上海来那人生地不熟的

dà sǎo gāng dào shàng hǎi lái nà rén shēng dì bù shú deSister-in-law has just arrived in Shanghai. She is unfamiliar with the place and the people.

HSK 6

0:03s

那这里边学问真的大了去了

nà zhè lǐ biān xué wèn zhēn de dà le qù leit's really a whole science.

HSK 4

0:03s

这里边的水可真都深了去了

zhè lǐ biān de shuǐ kě zhēn dōu shēn le qù lethings here are far more complicated than they appear.

HSK 5

0:03s

都记在您账上了老板说跟您关系可好了

dōu jì zài nín zhàng shàng le lǎo bǎn shuō gēn nín guān xì kě hǎo leThey were all put on your account. The boss said he has a great relationship with you.

HSK 5

0:03s

显得你姓孟的多像我们张家的孝子贤孙哪

xiǎn de nǐ xìng mèng de duō xiàng wǒ men zhāng jiā de xiào zǐ xián sūn nǎIt makes you, a Meng, look like such a loyal servant of our Zhang family.

HSK 6

0:03s

到了还是人家亲爹

dào le hái shì rén jiā qīn diēhe's still her biological father.

HSK 7

0:03s

你没见着那鸡临死前的眼神不就你这种眼神吗

nǐ méi jiàn zhe nà jī lín sǐ qián de yǎn shén bù jiù nǐ zhè zhǒng yǎn shén mayou didn't see the look in that chicken's eyes before it died. Isn't it just like your look?