做牛做马

zuò niú zuò mǎ

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

做

zuò

to make; to produce

牛

niú

ox

做

zuò

to make; to produce

马

mǎ

abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]