刻苦耐劳 (刻苦耐勞)
kè kǔ nài láo
Pinyin

Definition

刻苦耐劳 (刻苦耐勞)
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kè kǔ nài láo
  1. to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刻
kè
  1. 1 quarter (hour)
  2. 2 moment
  3. 3 to carve
  4. 4 to engrave
  5. 5 to cut
  6. 6 oppressive
  7. 7 classifier for short time intervals
时刻
shí kè
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 juncture
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period of time
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 classifier: 段 duàn
  7. 7 constantly
  8. 8 always
此刻
cǐ kè
  1. 1 this moment
  2. 2 now
  3. 3 at present
痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
耐
nài
  1. 1 capable of enduring
  2. 2 able to tolerate
  3. 3 patient
  4. 4 durable
  5. 5 hardy
  6. 6 resistant

Idioms (20)

不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard