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English
Etymology
From hard + earned.
Adjective
hard-earned (comparative harder-earned or more hard-earned, superlative hardest-earned or most hard-earned)
- Having been obtained with a great deal of effort.
This is my hard-earned money, and I can spend it how I see fit.
It was a hard-earned victory for the team.
Translations
obtained with a great deal of effort
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 來之不易的／来之不易的 (láizhībùyì de)
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- Finnish: kovalla työllä ansaittu
- Italian: sudato (it)
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Noun
hard-earned (uncountable)
- (slang) Money that one owns.