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艰苦 (jiān kǔ) – difficult

jiān kǔ

difficult

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 艱苦2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1difficult
  2. 2hard
  3. 3arduous

Simplified & traditional

艰苦

Simplified

艱苦

Traditional

Example sentences

See 艰苦 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 生活很艰苦。

    shēng huó hěn jiān kǔ 。

    Life has been very hard.

  • 不管训练多么艰苦，她都没有哭过。

    bù guǎn xùn liàn duō me jiān kǔ ， tā dōu méi yǒu kū guò 。

    No matter how hard the training was, she never cried.

Related words

苦

kǔ

bitter

辛苦

xīn kǔ

exhausting

艰巨

jiān jù

arduous

刻苦

kè kǔ

hardworking

痛苦

tòng kǔ

pain

艰难

jiān nán

difficult

吃苦

chī kǔ

to bear hardships

何苦

hé kǔ

why bother?

艰险

jiān xiǎn

difficult and dangerous

艰辛

jiān xīn

hardships

苦力

kǔ lì

bitter work

苦练

kǔ liàn

to train hard

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