Good job, everyone!
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辛苦
xīn kǔ
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 4
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
xīn kǔ · san1 fu2 (Jyutping)
- exhausting
- hard
- tough
- arduous
- to work hard
- to go to a lot of trouble
- hardship(s)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Being a teacher is very hard work.
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