十年寒窗 (shí nián hán chuāng): Meaning, Examples & Usage
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十年寒窗
十年寒窗
(shí nián hán chuāng): Years of hard study in obscurity — Meaning & Stroke Order
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1.
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Character Breakdown
十 • shí • ten • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
shí
十
ten
年 • nián • year • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
nián
年
year
寒 • hán • cold, wintry, chilly
hán
寒
cold, wintry, chilly
窗 • chuāng • window • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
chuāng
窗
window
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 十年寒窗.
十
年
寒
窗
Words with
十
十分
shí fēn
completely; utterly [literally "ten points"]
十字路口
shí zì lù kǒu
crossroads
十足
shí zú
100 per cent; out-and-out; sheer
七十
qī shí
seventy
三十
sān shí
thirty
上十
shàng shí
over ten
九十
jiǔ shí
ninety
二十
èr shí
twenty
4.
Example Sentences with 十年寒窗
tā
他
jīng
经
guò
过
shí
十
nián
年
hán
寒
chuāng
窗
，
zhōng
终
yú
于
kǎo
考
shàng
上
le
了
lǐ
理
xiǎng
想
de
的
dà
大
xué
学
。
After ten years of hard study, he finally got into his dream university.
zhè
这
wèi
位
jiào
教
shòu
授
shí
十
nián
年
hán
寒
chuāng
窗
shí
十
nián
年
hán
寒
chuāng
窗
kǔ
苦
dú
读
，
zhī
只
méi
没
yǒu
有
shí
十
nián
年
hán
寒
chuāng
窗
de
的
jī
积
tā
他
shí
十
nián
年
hán
寒
chuāng
窗
，
zhōng
终
yú
于
，
cái
才
yǒu
有
le
了
jīn
今
tiān
天
de
的
chéng
成
jiù
就
。
This professor achieved today's success through years of hard study.
wèi
为
jīn
金
bǎng
榜
tí
题
míng
名
nà
那
yí
一
kè
刻
。
Years of hard study, all for that moment of passing the imperial exam.
lěi
累
，
nǎ
哪
lái
来
xiàn
现
zài
在
de
的
bó
博
xué
学
duō
多
cái
才
？
Without years of hard study, how could one be so knowledgeable and talented?
xué
学
yǒu
有
suǒ
所
chéng
成
。
After years of hard study, he finally achieved academic success.
