艰
辛

Hardships in Chinese: 艰辛 (jiān xīn)

jiān xīn

hardships

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

Definitions

  1. 1hardships
  2. 2arduous
  3. 3difficult

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艰
辛

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ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄣ

xīn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

艰辛

Simplified

艱辛

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 父母为了养家，尝尽了艰辛。

    fù mǔ wèi le yǎng jiā， cháng jìn le jiān xīn。

    To support the family, the parents endured every hardship.

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Related words

辛苦

xīn kǔ

exhausting

艰巨

jiān jù

arduous

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

艰难

jiān nán

difficult

艰险

jiān xiǎn

difficult and dangerous

辛勤

xīn qín

hardworking

辛酸

xīn suān

pungent (taste)

艰苦奋斗

jiān kǔ fèn dòu

to struggle arduously

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