艰苦朴素 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 艱苦樸素 jiānkǔpǔsù ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄨˇ ㄆㄨˇ ㄙㄨˋ leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom) Character by character 艰(jiān)difficult 苦(kǔ)bitter 朴(pǔ)plain 素(sù)raw silk A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0