苦心经营

jīng guò shí yú nián de kǔ xīn jīng yíng zhū gě liàng zhōng yú dēng shang le chéng xiàng de bǎo zuò

经过十余年的苦心经营，诸葛亮终于登上了丞相的宝座。

Zhuge Liang became the prime minister through elaboration over ten years.

tā men kǔ xīn jīng yíng de fú zhuāng shāng diàn yě yǐ shī bài ér jié shù

他们苦心经营的服装商店也以失败而结束。

The garment store they so painstakingly built up also ended in failure.

tā men de chéng gōng gèng duō kào de shì hǎo yùn ér bù shì kǔ xīn jīng yíng

他们的成功更多靠的是好运，而不是苦心经营。

Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management.