艰苦

jiān kǔ · jian ku

Traditional 艱苦

Meaning

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  1. difficult
  2. hard
  3. arduous

In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bù)管(guǎn)训(xùn)练(liàn)多(duō)么(me)艰(jiān)苦(kǔ),她(tā)都(dōu)没(méi)有(yǒu)哭(kū)过(guò)。

No matter how hard the training was, she never cried.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by CC · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)在(zài)艰(jiān)苦(kǔ)的(de)条(tiáo)件(jiàn)下(xià)坚(jiān)持(chí)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

They kept working under difficult conditions.

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