HSK 3.0 Vocabulary
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HSK 7–9 · adjective · Practice

刻苦

kèkǔ

hardworking; diligent; assiduous

她学习很刻苦,每天看书到很晚。

Tā xuéxí hěn kèkǔ, měi tiān kàn shū dào hěn wǎn。

She studies very hard and reads until late every day.

← 刻画kèhuà 刻意kèyì →
刻 kè quarter (of an hour) 苦 kǔ bitter; hard; to suffer (苦) 辛苦 xīnkǔ hard; exhausting; toilsome; to work hard 艰苦 jiānkǔ hard; arduous; difficult; tough; strenuous 立刻 lìkè immediately; at once; right away 深刻 shēnkè deep; profound; penetrating 时刻 shíkè moment; time; (also adverb) constantly 酸甜苦辣 suān-tián-kǔ-là sour, sweet, bitter and spicy; the ups and downs of life 痛苦 tòngkǔ pain; suffering; painful; miserable 此刻 cǐkè at this moment; right now 片刻 piànkè a short while; a moment; a brief spell 吃苦 chīkǔ to endure hardship; to bear hardships
HSK 3.0 Vocabulary

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