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不说功劳,也有苦劳

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Collocation

1
俗话说,不说功劳,也有苦劳
2
真是不说功劳,也有苦劳
3
确实不说功劳,也有苦劳

Definition

不说功劳,也有苦劳

Literally means:

even not being regarded as a great service, the hard work itself deserves certain credit

Actually means:

Although someone has not made great achievements, his hard work should not be easily dismissed. This phrase is commonly used to mean that one's achievement should be assessed in a whole picture, or it is used to remind others to reckon one's own attainment.

虽然没有取得很大的成绩,但是不应因此对辛辛苦苦所做的一些事情全部加以否定。多用来表示对一个人的业绩要有全面的评价,或提示别人承认自己的业绩。

Example

Used as a minor sentence or as predicate. (作小句、谓语)
1
Zhège
这个
lǎo
rén
仆人
gēnzhāo
跟着
wángxiānsheng
王先生
gàn
le
20
20
duō
nián
  
,
shuō
不说
gōngláo
功劳
  
,
yǒu
láo
苦劳
  
,
suǒ
所以
zài
zuìhòu
最后
bié
离别
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
wángxiānsheng
王先生
gěi
le
qián
  
,
ràng
huíjiā
回家
yǎnglǎo
养老
  

The old servant followed Mr. Wang for more than 20 years, not to mention credit, but also hard work, so at the end of the parting, Mr. Wang gave him a large sum of money, let him go home to old age.

2
Xiǎo
小李
gōngzuò
工作
fēicháng
非常
努力
  
,
juéde
觉得
自己
shuō
gōngláo
功劳
  
,
yǒu
láo
苦劳
  
,
yāoqiú
要求
lǎobǎn
老板
提拔
  
,
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
lǎobǎn
老板
què
提拔
le
gāng
lái
gōng
公司
jiǔ
不久
de
niánqīngrén
年轻人
  
,
zhè
ràng
fēicháng
非常
shīwàng
失望
  

Xiao Li worked very hard, he felt that he did not say credit, but also hard work, asked the boss to promote him, did not expect the boss to promote a young man who had just come to the company, which made him very disappointed.

3
huàshuō
俗话说
  
,
shuō
不说
gōngláo
功劳
  
,
yǒu
láo
苦劳
  
,
suīrán
虽然
zuìjìn
最近
ge
yuè
de
chéng
成绩
bìng
xiǎnzhù
显著
  
,
dànshì
但是
lǎobǎn
老板
kǎo
考虑
dào
gōngzuò
工作
shuí
dōu
xīn
辛苦
  
,
suǒ
所以
zhàoyàng
照样
gěi
le
jiǎng
奖励
  

As the saying goes, not to be credited, there is hard work, although her achievements in recent months are not significant, but the boss considered that she worked harder than anyone else, so still gave her a reward.