"break your back" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 拼命工作

Definition

非常努力地工作，通常付出極大努力甚至筋疲力盡，常常是為了完成某事或幫助某人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是一個非正式成語，強調非常努力而非字面意思。常用來形容為達到目標或幫助他人付出許多勞力。

Examples

He breaks his back to provide for his family.

他**拼命工作**養家活口。

Don’t break your back finishing this project tonight.

今晚別為完成這個專案**拼命工作**了。

She broke her back cleaning the whole house before the guests arrived.

她在客人來之前**拼命打掃**了整個房子。

I’m not going to break my back for a boss who doesn’t care.

我纔不想為一個不關心我的老闆**拼命工作**。

You shouldn’t have to break your back just to get a small promotion.

你沒必要只是為了一個小升職就**拼命工作**。

After years of breaking his back, he finally opened his own store.

多年**拼命工作**後，他終於開了自己的店。