艰
苦
奋
斗

To struggle arduously in Chinese: 艰苦奋斗 (jiān kǔ fèn dòu)

jiān kǔ fèn dòu

to struggle arduously

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 艱苦奮鬥1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to struggle arduously

Stroke order

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艰
苦
奋
斗

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄎㄨˇ

kǔ

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄈㄣˋ

fèn

ㄈ/ fㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄡˋ

dòu

ㄉ/ dㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

艰苦奋斗

Simplified

艱苦奮鬥

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 经过多年的艰苦奋斗，他终于成功了。

    jīng guò duō nián de jiān kǔ fèn dòu， tā zhōng yú chéng gōng le。

    After years of arduous struggle, he finally succeeded.

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Related words

苦

kǔ

bitter

斗

dòu

to fight

辛苦

xīn kǔ

exhausting

兴奋

xīng fèn

excited

奋斗

fèn dòu

to strive

艰巨

jiān jù

arduous

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

刻苦

kè kǔ

hardworking

勤奋

qín fèn

hardworking

痛苦

tòng kǔ

pain

战斗

zhàn dòu

to fight

艰难

jiān nán

difficult

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