Deserved, because you worked hard for it. You put it in front of the good thing that comes after the work — a well-earned rest, a well-earned holiday, a well-earned drink, a well-earned promotion. The word carries a warm feeling: the speaker is on your side, saying 'you did the work, now enjoy this, nobody can say you didn't deserve it.' That warmth is why it is so often used about rest and food and drink after a long effort.

Deserved應得的，because you worked hard for it因為你為它努力過。You put it你把它，in front of the good thing放在那個好東西前面——that comes after the work就是做完工之後到來的那個——a well-earned rest應得的休息、a well-earned holiday應得的假期、a well-earned drink應得的一杯、a well-earned promotion應得的升遷。The word carries這個字帶著 a warm feeling一種暖意：the speaker is on your side說話的人站在你這邊，saying在說：'you did the work, now enjoy this, nobody can say you didn't deserve it.'「工是你做的，現在好好享受，沒有人能說你不配。」That warmth is why就是那份暖意，讓 it is so often used它那麼常被用在，about rest and food and drink休息、食物和飲料上，after a long effort在一番長久努力之後。

There is a small pattern worth noticing: what follows well-earned is usually a reward, not a punishment. You can say a well-earned reputation, and that is fine, but people rarely say a well-earned failure — the word leans towards good things.

There is a small pattern有個小規律，worth noticing值得注意：what follows well-earned接在 well-earned 後面的，is usually a reward通常是獎賞，not a punishment不是懲罰。You can say你可以說 a well-earned reputation，and that is fine那沒問題，but people rarely say但人們很少說 a well-earned failure——the word leans towards good things這個字偏向好的東西。

It also does not have to be about money, even though earn usually means earning money. Here earn has stretched to mean 'get by deserving', which is why a rest can be earned.

It also does not have to be它也不必 about money和錢有關，even though即使 earn usually means earn 通常是指 earning money賺錢。Here earn has stretched這裡的 earn 已經被拉寬，to mean 'get by deserving'意思成了「憑應得而獲得」，which is why這就是為什麼 a rest can be earned休息也可以被 earned。

In front of a noun it takes the hyphen; you can also say 'she has earned it' or 'well earned' on its own as a short reply.

In front of a noun放在名詞前面，it takes the hyphen它要帶連字號；you can also say你也可以說 'she has earned it'「這是她掙來的」，or 'well earned' on its own或單獨一句 'well earned'，as a short reply當作簡短的回應。