艰苦

艱苦

jiān kǔ

HSK 5freq #6580

Meanings

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jiān kǔ

1.difficult
2.hard
3.arduous

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Wiktionary

1.arduous; laborious
2.difficult; hard
3.agonizing; hard to bear; unwell
4.poor; impoverished
5.to fall ill; to be ill

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Stroke order

Components

艰又艮

苦卄古

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Characters

Example sentences

生活很艰苦。
Life has been very hard.

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Derived terms

備嘗艱苦备尝艰苦艱苦人艰苦人艱苦卓絕艰苦卓绝艱苦奮鬥艰苦奋斗艱苦心艰苦心艱苦錢艰苦钱

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Related words

艰苦奋斗 to struggle arduously 备尝艰苦 see 备尝辛苦[bèi cháng xīn kǔ]艰苦朴素 leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)