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艰苦朴素

jiān kǔ pǔ sù

4-character word Traditional 艱苦樸素

What 艰苦朴素 means

1. leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)

The characters in 艰苦朴素

• 艰jiāndifficult; hard; hardship
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 朴pǔ(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú
• 素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned

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