粵

艱gaan1苦fu2

simp艰苦
gaan1 fu2jiān kǔ

English

  1. difficult
  2. harsh; tough; arduous
  3. hard
  4. arduous

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔容易,令人付出好多嘅努力,折磨人嘅意志同肉體

Examples

  • 艱苦嘅歲月

    harsh times

  • 想練一身好武功,就要經歷艱苦嘅訓練。

    Harsh training is essential to learn Kung Fu.

  • 生活很艰苦。

    Life has been very hard.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 他們不怕艱苦的工作。

    They're not afraid of hard work.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 這是一項艱苦的工作。

    This is painstaking work.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 圖阿雷格人習慣了艱苦的生活。

    Tuaregs are used to hard life.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 不管训练多么艰苦,她都没有哭过。

    No matter how hard the training was, she never cried.

    Tatoeba · vicch CC BY

  • 失業之後他捱過了一段非常艱苦的日子。

    After losing his job, he went through a very difficult time.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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