做牛做马 zuò niú zuò mǎ

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard

CHARACTERS

做 zuò
HSK 1
work, make; act
牛 niú
HSK 2
cow, ox, bull; KangXi radical93
做 zuò
HSK 1
work, make; act
马 mǎ
HSK 3
horse; surname; KangXi radical 187