刻苦耐劳 — Chinese idiom
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
Traditional: 刻苦耐勞
Meaning
- to bear hardships and work hard ; assiduous and long-suffering
- hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
Character by character
- 刻kèto carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
- 耐nàito resist, to bear; patient, enduring
- 劳láoto labor, to toil; to do manual work
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一时半刻 yī shí bàn kè
- 刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn
- 刻薄寡恩 kè bó guǎ ēn
- 刻骨相思 kè gǔ xiāng sī
- 刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn
- 刻鹄类鹜 kè hú lèi wù
- 无时无刻 wú shí wú kè
- 精雕细刻 jīng diāo xì kè
- 铭心刻骨 míng xīn kè gǔ
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