WordTOCFL Level 1stative verb (adj.)Taiwan frequency #955

辛苦

xīnkǔ

“hard; exhausting; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; (polite) thank you for your efforts; used as a greeting to acknowledge someone's hard work”

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辛

xīn·ㄒㄧㄣ

Suffering or hardship; laborious or difficult; pungent or hot tasting; the eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems; a surname.

苦

kǔ·ㄎㄨˇ

Having a bitter taste; hardship or suffering; to suffer or endure pain; to toil painstakingly; to be afraid of.