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刻苦耐劳

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4-character word Traditional 刻苦耐勞

What 刻苦耐劳 means

1. to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
2. hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity

The characters in 刻苦耐劳

• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 耐nài(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed