刻苦耐劳
Traditional form:
刻苦耐勞
Pinyin (reading):
kèkǔnàiláo
Definitions:
- to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
- hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
Characters:
- 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
- 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
- 耐 - to resist, to bear; patient, enduring
- 劳 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work
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