艰苦(jiān kǔ): difficult
difficult
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 艰苦 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
看来他不愿做艰苦的工作。
kàn lái tā bù yuàn zuò jiān kǔ de gōng zuò
He seems to be averse to hard work.
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