艱苦奮鬥

See also: 艰苦奋斗

Chinese

		arduous; laborious; difficult arduous; laborious; difficult; hard	to struggle; to fight; to strive
trad. (艱苦奮鬥)		艱苦	奮鬥
simp. (艰苦奋斗)		艰苦	奋斗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānkǔfèndòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄨˇ ㄈㄣˋ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ fu² fan⁵ dau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānkǔfèndòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄨˇ ㄈㄣˋ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiankǔfèndòu
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-kʻu³-fên⁴-tou⁴
    • Yale: jyān-kǔ-fèn-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiankuufenndow
    • Palladius: цзянькуфэньдоу (czjanʹkufɛnʹdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan¹ fu² fan⁵ dau³
    • Yale: gāan fú fáhn dau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ fu² fan⁵ dau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan¹ fu² fen⁵ deo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ fɐn¹³ tɐu̯³³/

Idiom

艱苦奮鬥

1. to struggle through difficult times; to work hard and push through despite hardship

   年輕人應該保持艱苦奮鬥的作風。 [MSC, trad.]
   年轻人应该保持艰苦奋斗的作风。 [MSC, simp.]

   Niánqīngrén yīnggāi bǎochí jiānkǔfèndòu de zuòfēng. [Pinyin]

   Young people should work hard in the face of hardship.

   不管我們的生活貧困還是富裕，我們都得艱苦奮鬥。 [MSC, trad.]
   不管我们的生活贫困还是富裕，我们都得艰苦奋斗。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùguǎn wǒmen de shēnghuó pínkùn háishì fùyù, wǒmen dōu děi jiānkǔfèndòu. [Pinyin]

   Rich or poor, we all must work hard in these hard times.

   • 我們需要大力發揚他們這種艱苦奮鬥的精神，也需要更多地注意解決他們在勞動和生活中的迫切問題。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们需要大力发扬他们这种艰苦奋斗的精神，也需要更多地注意解决他们在劳动和生活中的迫切问题。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen xūyào dàlì fāyáng tāmen zhè zhǒng jiānkǔfèndòu de jīngshén, yě xūyào gèng duō de zhùyì jiějué tāmen zài láodòng hé shēnghuó zhōng de pòqiè wèntí. [Pinyin]

     We must strive to encourage this zeal for hard work and at the same time pay still greater attention to solving the pressing problems in their work and everyday life.

   • 經過了四年艱苦奮鬥，一年一年好起來，絕大多數的社員成了餘糧戶。 [MSC, trad.]
     经过了四年艰苦奋斗，一年一年好起来，绝大多数的社员成了余粮户。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jīngguò le sì nián jiānkǔfèndòu, yī nián yī nián hǎo qilai, juédàduōshù de shèyuán chéng le yúliánghù. [Pinyin]

     But it has become better off year by year, and now, after four years of hard struggle, most of its households have reserves of grain.