Something hard-won is yours only after a lot of effort and difficulty — not luck, not a gift. A hard-won victory, hard-won freedom, hard-won respect: the speaker wants you to feel the cost.

Something hard-won一樣 hard-won 的東西，only after要經過 a lot of effort and difficulty許多努力和艱難之後 is yours才屬於你——not luck不是運氣，not a gift也不是禮物。 A hard-won victory得來不易的勝利、hard-won freedom得來不易的自由、hard-won respect得來不易的尊敬：the speaker說話的人 wants you to feel要你感覺到 the cost那份代價。

It is a little formal and a little emotional; you meet it in news, speeches, and careful writing more than in chat. It goes before a noun.

It它 is a little formal有一點正式 and a little emotional也有一點感情；in news在新聞、speeches演講 and careful writing和講究的文字裡 you meet it你遇到它 more than in chat比在閒聊裡多。 It它 goes before a noun放在名詞前面。

Won here is the past of win: you won it, but it was hard.

Won here這裡的 won is the past of win是 win 的過去式：you won it你贏得了它，but it was hard但過程很艱難。

Though actually, people use it for things you cannot really “win” like a game — trust, peace, a place at university — when those things took a long fight. It is not a hard one (a difficult thing). The hyphen and the spelling won are the whole point.

Though actually不過其實，people人們 use it把它用在 you cannot really “win” like a game沒辦法真的像比賽那樣「贏」 for things的東西上——trust信任、peace和平、a place at university大學的一個名額——when those things took a long fight當那些東西是經過長期奮鬥才到手時。 It它 is not不是 a hard one（a difficult thing一件困難的事）。 The hyphen連字號 and the spelling won和 won 這個拼法，are the whole point就是整個重點。