刻苦耐劳 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 刻苦耐勞 kèkǔnàiláo ㄎㄜˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄞˋ ㄌㄠˊ to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) assiduous and long-suffering hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity Character by character 刻(kè)quarter 苦(kǔ)bitter 耐(nài)bear 劳(láo)surname Lao A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0