jiān kǔ

Traditional: 艱苦

HSK 5

艰苦 (jiān kǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “difficult; hard; arduous”.

Meanings

  1. 1difficult
  2. 2hard
  3. 3arduous
Part of speech
adjective

Characters in 艰苦

艰jiān · difficult苦kǔ · bitter

Related words

痛苦pain艰难difficult辛苦exhausting苦bitter受苦to suffer hardship苦难suffering苦恼vexed艰辛hardships苦苦strenuously挖苦to speak sarcastically苦头sufferings艰巨(of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding

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