当牛作马 dāng niú zuò mǎ

DEFINITIONS

  1. to work like a horse and toil like an ox
  2. fig. to slave for sb

CHARACTERS

当 dāng
HSK 3
bear, accept, undertake; just
牛 niú
HSK 2
cow, ox, bull; KangXi radical93
作 zuò
HSK 1
make; work; compose, write; act, perform
马 mǎ
HSK 3
horse; surname; KangXi radical 187