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苦心

kǔ xīn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

苦心 (kǔ xīn) means "painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 苦心 means

1. painstaking effort
2. to take a lot of trouble
3. laborious at pains

The characters in 苦心

• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Words starting with 苦心

• 苦心经营kǔ xīn jīng yíngto build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
• 苦心孤诣kǔ xīn gū yìto make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at sth

Words containing 苦心

• 煞费苦心shà fèi kǔ xīnto take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking; at the cost of a lot of effort
• 皇天不负苦心人Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rénHeaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to…

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