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苦心

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

kǔxīn ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

    • painstaking effort
    • to take a lot of trouble
    • laborious at pains

Character by character

Classifiers (measure words)

  • 一番苦心 fān one measure of painstaking effort (as exertion)
  • 一片苦心 piàn one measure of painstaking effort (as sincere intent)

Words that sound like kǔxīn

Words with 苦心

Starting with 苦心

  • 苦心经营 kǔxīnjīngyíng build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
  • 苦心孤诣 kǔxīngūyì make painstaking efforts

Ending with 苦心

Containing 苦心

  • 皇天不负苦心人 huángtiānbùfùkǔxīnrén Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.

Words with 苦心

Starting with 苦心

  • 苦心經營 kǔxīnjīngyíng build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
  • 苦心孤詣 kǔxīngūyì make painstaking efforts

Ending with 苦心

Containing 苦心

  • 皇天不負苦心人 huángtiānbùfùkǔxīnrén Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.

Example sentences and grammar articles using 苦心

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