艰苦 (jiān kǔ): Arduous (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

jiān艰

difficult, hard, arduous

HSK 4

kǔ苦

bitter

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How to Use 艰苦 in Sentences

Adjective + Nounwith工作

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

gōng工

zuò作

neutral

difficult work

Adverb + Adjectivewith非常

fēi非

cháng常

jiān艰

kǔ苦

Subject + Predicatewith生活

shēng生

huó活

jiān艰

kǔ苦

Idiomwith奋斗

jiān艰

kǔ苦

fèn奋

dòu斗

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Example Sentences with 艰苦

jǐn尽

guǎn管

chuàng创

yè业

guò过

chéng程

yì异

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How to Use 艰苦 in Sentences

Adjective + Nounwith工作

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

gōng工

zuò作

neutral

difficult work

Adverb + Adjectivewith非常

fēi非

cháng常

jiān艰

kǔ苦

Subject + Predicatewith生活

shēng生

huó活

jiān艰

kǔ苦

Idiomwith奋斗

jiān艰

kǔ苦

fèn奋

dòu斗

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Example Sentences with 艰苦

jǐn尽

guǎn管

chuàng创

yè业

guò过

chéng程

yì异

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neutral

extremely difficult

neutral

hard life

formal

hard struggle

cháng常

jiān艰

kǔ苦

，

dàn但

tā他

cóng从

wèi未

xiǎng想

guò过

fàng放

qì弃

。

Although the entrepreneurial process was exceptionally arduous, he never thought of giving up.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

jué觉

de得

zhè这

zhǒng种

shēng生

huó活

tiáo条

jiàn件

tài太

jiān艰

kǔ苦

le了

ma吗

？

Don't you think these living conditions are too tough?

tā他

zài在

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

huán环

jìng境

zhōng中

nǔ努

lì力

xué学

xí习

。

He studies hard in difficult conditions.

nà那

duàn段

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

suì岁

yuè月

，

fǎn反

ér而

mó磨

liàn炼

le了

tā他

jiān坚

rèn韧

bù不

bá拔

de的

yì意

zhì志

。

Those difficult years, on the contrary, tempered his indomitable will.

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

xū需

yào要

fù付

chū出

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

nǔ努

lì力

，

dàn但

chéng成

guǒ果

zhí值

dé得

qī期

dài待

。

Completing this project requires arduous effort, but the results are worth anticipating.

jiān xiǎn

Treacherous

艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously

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