kǔ lì

苦力 (kǔ lì) is a Chinese word meaning “bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times”.

Meanings

  1. 1bitter work
  2. 2hard toil
  3. 3(loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 苦力

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