Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「艱苦樸素」—details below.
Here, we present the idiom 「艱苦樸素」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Refers to the style of hard work, diligence and thrift.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiān kǔ pǔ sù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaan1 fu2 pok3 sou3
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