艰苦(jiān kǔ)

HSK 52 charactersTrad. 艱苦

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Character breakdown

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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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