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艱苦奮鬥

简艰苦奋斗 · 繁艱苦奮鬥

Mandarin · pinyin jiān kǔ fèn dòu

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艱: Look up this written character
苦: kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering
奮: Look up this written character
鬥: Look up this written character
艰: jiān · difficult, hard; distressing
奋: fèn · strive, exert effort; arouse
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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gaan1 fu2 fan5 dau3

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(idiomatic) to struggle through difficult times; to work hard and push through despite hardship