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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「艱難困苦」 for your learning.

The idiom 「艱難困苦」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Describes a difficult situation full of difficulties.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiān nán kùn kǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gaan1 naan4 kwan3 fu2

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