艱苦
ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄨˇ
“difficult and strenuous; hard; arduous; involving great effort or hardship”
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- 痛苦ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨˇphysical or mental pain; suffering; anguish; distress.
- 辛苦ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨˇhard; exhausting; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; (polite) thank you for your efforts; used as a greeting to acknowledge someone's hard work
- 艱難ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊdifficult; hard; challenging; arduous; tough; involving great hardship or struggle
- 苦難ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄢˋsuffering; hardship; pain and distress; misery
- 苦惱ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄠˇvexed; distressed; worried and troubled; feeling deep annoyance or mental suffering
- 吃苦ㄔ ㄎㄨˇto endure hardship; to suffer through difficulty; to bear pain or privation
- 訴苦ㄙㄨˋ ㄎㄨˇto complain about one's troubles; to vent grievances; to tell others about one's hardships
- 貧苦ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄨˇpoverty-stricken; very poor; living in hardship; suffering from extreme poverty
- 艱鉅ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄩˋextremely difficult and demanding; arduous; challenging (of a task, mission, or responsibility).
- 刻苦ㄎㄜˋ ㄎㄨˇhardworking; diligent and enduring hardship; frugal; thrifty in daily life.
- 苦衷ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥsecret trouble; hidden difficulty; a private sorrow or worry one finds hard to speak about.
- 苦工ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥhard manual labor, especially unskilled physical work; a laborer who does such work; historically, a coolie or penal hard labor