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刻苦

Mandarin · pinyin kè kǔ

Meanings

  1. hardworking
  2. assiduous
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刻
kè · carve, engrave; quarter hour
苦
kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering
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4–3 · ke4 ku3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hak1 fu2

Cantonese word readings for 刻苦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hak1 fu2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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adj

  1. industrious; assiduous; diligent
  2. (of life) basic; frugal

adv

  1. industriously; assiduously; diligently; hard

verb

  1. (dialectal) to treat harshly

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