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艰苦 (jiān kǔ): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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

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Character Breakdown

艰苦 consists of 2 characters.

difficult, hard, arduous

How to Use 艰苦 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 艰苦 with other words naturally.

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

Example Sentences with 艰苦

shēng生

huó活

hěn很

jiān艰

kǔ苦

。

Life is very hard.

neutral

extremely difficult

neutral

hard life

formal

hard struggle

Nà那

duàn段

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

suì岁

yuè月

duàn锻

liàn炼

le了

tā他

de的

yì意

zhì志

。

That arduous period of time tempered his willpower.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

chuàng创

yè业

guò过

chéng程

yì异

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.

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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

nà那

duàn段

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

suì岁

yuè月

，

fǎn反

tā他

men们

bìng并

méi没

yǒu有

bèi被

yǎn眼

qián前

de的

jiān

jīng经

guò过

jiān艰

kǔ苦

de的

xùn训

liàn练

，

tā他

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

xū需

yào要

fù付

chū

lì力

xué学

xí习

。

He studies hard in difficult conditions.

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.

艰

kǔ苦

xià吓

dǎo倒

，

ér而

shì是

yíng迎

nán难

ér而

shàng上

。

They were not intimidated by the immediate hardships; instead, they rose to the challenge.

zhōng

终

yú于

chéng成

wéi为

le了

yī一

míng名

yōu优

xiù秀

de的

yùn运

dòng动

yuán员

。

After arduous training, he finally became an excellent athlete.

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.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 艰苦.

Words with 艰

艰巨jiān jù
艰辛jiān xīn
艰险jiān xiǎn
艰难jiān nán
艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòu

Words with 苦

辛苦xīn kǔHSK 4
何苦hé kǔ
刻苦kè kǔ
受苦shòu kǔ
吃苦chī kǔ
挖苦wā kǔ
痛苦tòng kǔ
苦力kǔ lì