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What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 刻苦 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

刻苦 kèkǔ

hardworking; assiduous

It can also mean

  • frugal

Its characters

  1. 刻 kè to carve
  2. 苦 kǔ bitter

In a sentence

他学习非常刻苦。 He studies very hard.

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