刻苦耐劳 Traditional 刻苦耐勞 kè kǔ nài láo 🔊 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) + Review this word Meanings kè kǔ nài láo 刻苦耐勞 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-sufferinghard-working and capable of overcoming adversity Its characters 刻kèquarter (hour)HSK 3苦kǔbitterHSK 4耐nàito bear; to endure; to withstandHSK 7–9劳láoto toil; labor