qiān xīn wàn kǔ

Traditional: 千辛萬苦

千辛万苦 (qiān xīn wàn kǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort”.

Meanings

  1. 1to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2with difficulty
  3. 3after some effort

Characters in 千辛万苦

千qiān · thousand辛xīn · (of taste) hot or pungent万mò · used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]苦kǔ · bitter

Related words

万used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]万ten thousand万surname Wan痛苦pain千万ten million千thousand千used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]万一just in case辛苦exhausting百万million苦bitter万岁Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!

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