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辛苦

xīn kǔ
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. exhausting
  2. 2. hard
  3. 3. tough
  4. 4. arduous
  5. 5. to work hard
  6. 6. to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7. hardship(s)

Example Sentences

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辛苦 啦！
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1216142)
辛苦 了。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1708500)
學習英語很 辛苦 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 835695)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 辛苦

备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ

to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)

辛辛苦苦
xīn xīn kǔ kǔ

painstakingly

不辞辛苦
bù cí xīn kǔ

to make nothing of hardships

Child Words of 辛苦

辛
xīn

(of taste) hot or pungent

苦
kǔ

bitter