Chinese

辛苦

/ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

laborious; hard; miserable; exhausting

HSK 5
TOCFL 3

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characterChinese辛 “spicy; hot; pungent”
characterChinese苦 “bitter”
- meaningChinese艸 “grass”
- soundChinese古 “the past; ancient times”

Sources

HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
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Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0