艰
巨

Arduous in Chinese: 艰巨 (jiān jù)

jiān jù

arduous

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 艱巨1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1arduous
  2. 2terrible (task)
  3. 3very difficult
  4. 4formidable

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艰
巨

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ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄐㄩˋ

jù

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

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艰巨

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艱巨

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我老板把艰巨的任务指派给了我。

    wǒ lǎo bǎn bǎ jiān jù de rèn wu zhǐ pài gěi le wǒ。

    My boss assigned the hard job to me.

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Related words

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

巨大

jù dà

huge

艰难

jiān nán

difficult

艰险

jiān xiǎn

difficult and dangerous

艰辛

jiān xīn

hardships

巨额

jù é

large sum (of money)

巨人

jù rén

giant

巨头

jù tóu

tycoon

巨星

jù xīng

(astronomy) giant star

巨型

jù xíng

giant

艰苦奋斗

jiān kǔ fèn dòu

to struggle arduously

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