吃苦耐劳 — Chinese idiom
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
Traditional: 吃苦耐勞
Meaning
- hardworking and enduring hardships
Character by character
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 耐nàito resist, to bear; patient, enduring
- 劳láoto labor, to toil; to do manual work
Idioms sharing a character
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
- 吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 多吃多占 duō chī duō zhàn
- 大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng
- 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
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