Adj.arduous; difficult; tough

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 艰苦.
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Character Breakdown

艰苦 consists of 2 characters.

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
de
gōng
zuò
neutral
difficult work
Adverb + Adjectivewith非常
fēi
cháng
jiān
neutral
extremely difficult
Subject + Predicatewith生活
shēng
huó
jiān
neutral
hard life
Idiomwith奋斗
jiān
fèn
dòu
formal
hard struggle

Example Sentences with 艰苦

shēng
huó
hěn
jiān
Life is very hard.
jǐn
guǎn
chuàng
guò
chéng
cháng
jiān
dàn
cóng
wèi
xiǎng
guò
fàng
Although the entrepreneurial process was exceptionally arduous, he never thought of giving up.
nán
dào
jué
de
zhè
zhǒng
shēng
huó
tiáo
jiàn
tài
jiān
le
ma
Don't you think these living conditions are too tough?
zài
jiān
de
huán
jìng
zhōng
xué
He studies hard in difficult conditions.
duàn
jiān
de
suì
yuè
fǎn
ér
liàn
le
jiān
rèn
de
zhì
Those difficult years, on the contrary, tempered his indomitable will.
men
bìng
méi
yǒu
bèi
yǎn
qián
de
jiān
xià
dǎo
ér
shì
yíng
nán
ér
shàng
They were not intimidated by the immediate hardships; instead, they rose to the challenge.
jīng
guò
jiān
de
xùn
liàn
zhōng
chéng
wéi
le
míng
yōu
xiù
de
yùn
dòng
yuán
After arduous training, he finally became an excellent athlete.
wán
chéng
zhè
ge
xiàng
yào
chū
jiān
de
dàn
chéng
guǒ
zhí
dài
Completing this project requires arduous effort, but the results are worth anticipating.