"hard-earned" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "hard + earned",
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      "form": "harder-earned",
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      "form": "more hard-earned",
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        {
          "text": "This is my hard-earned money, and I can spend it how I see fit."
        },
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          "text": "It was a hard-earned victory for the team."
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        "Having been obtained with a great deal of effort."
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
          "word": "來之不易的"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "láizhībùyì de",
          "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
          "word": "来之不易的"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
          "word": "kovalla työllä ansaittu"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
          "word": "sudato"
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  "word": "hard-earned"
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      "glosses": [
        "Money that one owns."
      ],
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        "(slang) Money that one owns."
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  "word": "hard-earned"
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    },
    {
      "form": "more hard-earned",
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        "comparative"
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      "form": "hardest-earned",
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      "form": "most hard-earned",
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        {
          "text": "This is my hard-earned money, and I can spend it how I see fit."
        },
        {
          "text": "It was a hard-earned victory for the team."
        }
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        "Having been obtained with a great deal of effort."
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
      "word": "來之不易的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "láizhībùyì de",
      "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
      "word": "来之不易的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
      "word": "kovalla työllä ansaittu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obtained with a great deal of effort",
      "word": "sudato"
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  ],
  "word": "hard-earned"
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