坚苦卓绝 — Chinese idiom
坚苦卓绝
jiān kǔ zhuó jué
Traditional: 堅苦卓絕
Meaning
- persisting despite trials and tribulations ; conspicuous determination
Character by character
- 坚jiānhard, strong; firm, resolute
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 卓zhuóprofound, lofty, brilliant
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
Idioms sharing a character
- 坚不可摧 jiān bù kě cuī
- 坚壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě
- 坚如磐石 jiān rú pán shí
- 坚强不屈 jiān qiáng bù qū
- 坚持不懈 jiān chí bù xiè
- 坚持不渝 jiān chí bù yú
- 坚贞不屈 jiān zhēn bù qū
- 坚贞不渝 jiān zhēn bù yú
- 坚韧不拔 jiān rèn bù bá
- 情比金坚 qíng bǐ jīn jiān
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