艰苦朴素
jiānkú-pǔsùTraditional 艱苦樸素
hardworking and frugal
Every meaning
jiānkǔ-pǔsù
- hardworking and frugal
Its characters
- 艰jiāndifficult; hard
- 苦kǔbitter
- 朴pǔplain; simple (as in 朴素)
- 素sùplain; simple; white (as in 朴素)
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.