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辛辛苦苦
Mandarin · pinyin xīn xīn kǔ kǔ
Meanings
- painstakingly
- with great trouble
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1–1–3–3 · xin1 xin1 ku3 ku3
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san1 san1 fu2 fu2
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adj
- laborious; hard; miserable; exhausting
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