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艰苦创业 — “Arduous start-up; hardship entrepreneurship”

艰苦创业 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to start an undertaking or enterprise through arduous and painstaking efforts; to build up a business from scratch with great difficulty”. Literally, “arduous start-up; hardship entrepreneurship”.

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艰苦创业 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • 艰jiān
  • 苦kǔ
  • 创chuàng
  • 业yè

艰苦创业 Character Breakdown

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
艰
jiān8difficult and arduous
苦
kǔ9bitter, difficult, suffering
创
chuàng6create, innovate, or found
业
yè5industry, occupation, karma

Example Sentence with 艰苦创业

他们白手起家,经过多年的艰苦创业,终于将一家小店发展成了连锁品牌。
They started from scratch, and after years of arduous pioneering, finally developed a small shop into a chain brand.

Idioms Related to 艰苦创业

Synonyms of 艰苦创业

  • zì自qiáng强bù不xī息strive for self-improvement ceaselessly
  • jiān艰kǔ苦fèn奋dòu斗struggle arduously

Antonyms of 艰苦创业

  • hào好yì逸wù恶láo劳love comfort and despise labor

More idioms starting with 艰

  • jiān艰shēn深huì晦sè涩profound and obscure
  • jiān艰kǔ苦zhuó卓jué绝extremely arduous and tenacious
  • jiān艰kǔ苦pǔ朴sù素hard struggle and plain living
  • jiān艰nán难kùn困kǔ苦severe hardships and difficulties
  • jiān艰nán难qū曲zhé折arduous and tortuous
  • jiān艰nán难yù玉chéng成achieve success through hardship
  • jiān艰nán难jié竭jué蹶struggle in extreme poverty
  • jiān艰nán难xiǎn险zǔ阻arduous difficulties and perilous obstacles
  • jiān艰shí食xiān鲜shí食grains and fresh delicacies

Questions about 艰苦创业

What does 艰苦创业 mean?
艰苦创业 (jiān kǔ chuàng yè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to start an undertaking or enterprise through arduous and painstaking efforts; to build up a business from scratch with great difficulty”.
How do you pronounce 艰苦创业?
艰苦创业 is pronounced jiān kǔ chuàng yè in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 艰苦创业 literally mean?
Literally, 艰苦创业 means “arduous start-up; hardship entrepreneurship”. It is used to mean “to start an undertaking or enterprise through arduous and painstaking efforts; to build up a business from scratch with great difficulty”.
What is the Chinese definition of 艰苦创业?
艰难困苦地创办事业。
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