千辛万苦 — Chinese idiom
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
Traditional: 千辛萬苦
Meaning
- to suffer untold hardships ; trials and tribulations
- with difficulty
- after some effort
Character by character
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 辛xīnbitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
- 一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn
- 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
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