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艱苦樸素

简 艰苦朴素 · 繁 艱苦樸素
Mandarin · pinyin jiān kǔ pǔ sù

Meanings

  1. leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
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艱
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苦
kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering
樸
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素
sù · white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally
艰
jiān · difficult, hard; distressing
朴
pǔ · simple, unadorned; sincere; surname; a tree
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1–3–3–4 · jian1 ku3 pu3 su4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaan1 fu2 pok3 sou3

Cantonese word readings for 艱苦樸素. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gaan1 fu2 pok3 sou3

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