苦活 Chinese English dictionary 苦活 translate 苦活 pinyin

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苦活

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
苦活 kǔhuó	苦活 \| 苦活* \| *苦活	bitter work / sweated labor

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
苦	苦 \| 苦* \| *苦	8画艸艹 + 5	kǔ, gǔ	bitter; hardship, suffering	fu2	4460.4 TJR


活	活 \| 活* \| *活	9画水氵氺 + 6	huó, guō	live, exist, survive; lively	wut6	3216.4 EHJR

Word decomposition:

Traditional		English Definition
苦活 kǔhuó	苦活 \| 苦活* \| *苦活	bitter work / sweated labor


苦 kǔ	苦 \| 苦* \| *苦	bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly


活　huó	活 \| 活* \| *活	to live / alive / living / work / workmanship