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苦工

kǔ gōng

2-character word

What 苦工 means

1. hard labor (in penal code)
2. coolie

The characters in 苦工

• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 工gōngwork; worker; skill

Example sentences

• 当我们其他人辛苦工作时，强盗贵族却用镀金餐具吃饭。
  While the rest of us toil, the robber barons eat from gilt tableware.

Sounds the same

Read kǔ gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 苦功hard work; laborious effort; painstaking work