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qiān 千 xīn 辛 wàn 万 kǔ 苦

千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ

countless hardships; untold difficulties

Literally: thousand hardship ten-thousand bitterness

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Origin

Descriptive; no single source story. Appears in Yuan drama.

How to use it

Adverbial or object; neutral. 千辛万苦地找到, 经历了千辛万苦.

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  1. 他千辛万苦才找到了失散多年的哥哥。
    Tā qiān xīn wàn kǔ cái zhǎodào le shīsàn duō nián de gēge.
    After countless hardships he finally found the brother he had lost touch with for years.
    he thousand hardship ten-thousand bitterness only then find (particle) lost many year (particle) older brother
  2. 父母千辛万苦把我们养大，我们应该好好孝顺他们。
    Fùmǔ qiān xīn wàn kǔ bǎ wǒmen yǎng dà, wǒmen yīnggāi hǎohǎo xiàoshùn tāmen.
    Our parents went through untold hardships to raise us; we should take good care of them.
    parents thousand hardship ten-thousand bitterness (object marker) us raise big, we should well respect them

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