







刻苦耐劳 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Diligently hardworking and able to endure great toil and hardships”. Painstaking and resilient in facing demanding tasks. Literally, “diligent and enduring of hardship”.

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Open the tool →刻苦耐劳 (kè kǔ nài láo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Diligently hardworking and able to endure great toil and hardships”.
刻苦耐劳 is pronounced kè kǔ nài láo in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 刻苦耐劳 means “diligent and enduring of hardship”. It is used to mean “Diligently hardworking and able to endure great toil and hardships”.
刻苦:很能吃苦;耐:禁得起、受得住。工作勤奋,经得住繁重的劳累。