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+ is only found in HSK 5.
+ forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
+ forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
+ forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
+ forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
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苦 (kǔ): bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- 艹 (cao): vegetable
- 古 (gǔ): ancient; old; paleo-
尽 (jǐn): (jìn) to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of something); (jǐn) to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
- 尺 (chǐ): a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL: 支(zhī), 把(bǎ)
- 冫 (bīng): ice
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来 (lái): to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next;
- 一 (yī): one
- 丶 (zhǔ): stroke
- 木 (mù): tree
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 苦
HSK 4 Word List
- 苦 (kǔ): bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; painstaking
- 辛苦 (xīn kǔ): hard; exhausting; with much toil; thanks for your trouble
HSK 5 Word List
- 艰苦 (jiān kǔ): difficult; hard; arduous
- 刻苦 (kè kǔ): hardworking; assiduous
- 痛苦 (tòng kǔ): pain; suffering; painful; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 6 Word List
- 吃苦 (chī kǔ): to bear; hardships
- 苦尽甘来 (kǔ jìn gān lái): bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
- 苦涩 (kǔ sè): bitter and astringent; pained; agonized
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Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 尽
HSK 4 Word List
- 尽管 (jǐn guǎn): despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
HSK 5 Word List
- 尽快 (jǐn kuài): as quickly as possible; as soon as possible; with all speed
- 尽力 (jìn lì): to strive one’s hardest; to spare no effort
- 尽量 (jìn liàng): as much as possible; to the greatest extent
HSK 6 Word List
- 竭尽全力 (jié jìn quán lì): to spare no effort (idiom); to do one’s utmost
- 苦尽甘来 (kǔ jìn gān lái): bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
- 无穷无尽 (wú qióng wú jìn): vast and limitless (idiom); endless span of time; no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing +
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Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 来
HSK 1 Word List
- 来(lái): to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
HSK 3 Word List
- 后来(hòu lái): afterwards; later
- 起来(qǐ lái): beginning or continuing an action; upward movement; stand up
HSK 4 Word List
- 本来(běn lái): original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 从来(cóng lái): always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 将来(jiāng lái): in the future; future; the future; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 来不及(lái bu jí): there’s not enough time (to do something); it’s too late (to do something)
- 来得及(lái de jí): there’s still time; able to do something in time
- 来自(lái zì): to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 原来(yuán lái): original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so.. actually
HSK 5 Word List
- 未来(wèi lái): future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 以来(yǐ lái): since (a previous event)
HSK 6 Word List
- 近来(jìn lái): recently; lately
- 苦尽甘来(kǔ jìn gān lái): bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
- 来历(lái lì): history; antecedents; origin
- 来源(lái yuán): source (of information, etc.); origin
- 礼尚往来(lǐ shàng wǎng lái): proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness;
- 历来(lì lái): always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
- 向来(xiàng lái): always; all along
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