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苦力
苦力
kǔ
lì
bitter work; hard toil
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
noun
Meaning
kǔ
lì
ku3 li4
bitter work
hard toil
(loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
Words sharing a character
痛苦
tòng
kǔ
pain
辛苦
xīn
kǔ
exhausting
艰苦
jiān
kǔ
difficult
苦难
kǔ
nàn
suffering
苦恼
kǔ
nǎo
vexed
刻苦
kè
kǔ
hardworking
受苦
shòu
kǔ
to suffer hardship
挖苦
wā
kǔ
to speak sarcastically
苦练
kǔ
liàn
to train hard
何苦
hé
kǔ
why bother?
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