勤苦
qín kǔ
Pinyin

Definition

勤苦
 - 
qín kǔ
  1. hardworking
  2. assiduous

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
苦
kǔ
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly
辛苦
xīn kǔ
  1. 1 exhausting
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 tough
  4. 4 arduous
  5. 5 to work hard
  6. 6 to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7 hardship(s)
何苦
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?
刻苦
kè kǔ
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 assiduous
劳苦
láo kǔ
  1. 1 to toil
  2. 2 hard work
勤
qín
  1. 1 diligent
  2. 2 industrious
  3. 3 hardworking
  4. 4 frequent
  5. 5 regular
  6. 6 constant
勤劳
qín láo
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 industrious
  3. 3 diligent
勤奋
qín fèn
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 diligent
勤快
qín kuài
  1. 1 diligent
  2. 2 hardworking
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
受苦
shòu kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer hardship
吃苦
chī kǔ
  1. 1 to bear hardships
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
艰苦
jiān kǔ
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 arduous
苦力
kǔ lì
  1. 1 bitter work
  2. 2 hard toil
  3. 3 (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
苦命
kǔ mìng
  1. 1 hard lot
  2. 2 bitter fate
  3. 3 unfortunate
苦工
kǔ gōng
  1. 1 hard labor (in penal code)
  2. 2 coolie
苦心
kǔ xīn
  1. 1 painstaking effort
  2. 2 to take a lot of trouble
  3. 3 laborious at pains
苦闷
kǔ mèn
  1. 1 depressed
  2. 2 dejected
  3. 3 feeling low

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)
克勤克俭
kè qín kè jiǎn
  1. 1 to be industrious and frugal (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
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. 2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
勤俭朴实
qín jiǎn pǔ shí
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and honest (idiom)
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
勤俭节约
qín jiǎn jié yuē
  1. 1 diligent and thrifty (idiom)
勤俭耐劳
qín jiǎn nài láo
  1. 1 diligent and able to endure hardship (idiom)
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)
勤则不匮
qín zé bù kuì
  1. 1 If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
勤劳不虞匮乏
qín láo bù yú kuì fá
  1. 1 Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom)
勤政廉政
qín zhèng lián zhèng
  1. 1 honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining

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