Something is not easy to come by; earned through hard work or rare opportunity.
来之使之来。得到它不容易。表示财物的取得或事物的成功是不容易的。
明·朱柏庐《治家格言》一粥一饭，当思来处不易；半丝半缕，恒念物力维艰。”
She won the scholarship, which was hard-earned and来之不易.
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