苦工

Traditional form:

苦工

Pinyin (reading):

kǔgōng

Definitions:

• hard labor (in penal code)
• coolie

Characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker

Traditional characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker