lao khổ
Pronunciation
Northern
/laːw˧˧ xo̰˧˩˧/
Central
/laːw˧˥ kʰo˧˩˨/
Southern
/laːw˧˧ kʰo˨˩˦/
hardship
Adjective
hardship
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Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
hardship Properties & States
Hardship describes a state of severe suffering or difficulty due to working far beyond one's limits.
vi Người nông dân đã phải trải qua bao nhiêu năm tháng lao khổ trên đồng ruộng.
en The farmer had to go through many years of hardship in the fields.
Parts
lao / khổ / 勞苦
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Parts
lao / khổ / 勞苦
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
勞苦
Candidates by syllable
lao
勞（牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆）
khổ
苦
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
buồn khổ / chịu khổ / quá khổ / giáo khổ …
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Similar
buồn khổ / chịu khổ / quá khổ / giáo khổ …
Use
lao động / cù lao / giải lao / công lao …
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Use
lao động / cù lao / giải lao / công lao …