Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「攻苦食啖」, detailed below.
This feature highlights the idiom 「攻苦食啖」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Do hard work and eat light food. Describes hard work and self-motivation.啖, also written as “淡”. Same as “attack bitterness and eat light food”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gōng kǔ shí dàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gung1 fu2 sik6 daam6
The treasure trove of Chinese idioms is extensive, with different expressions suited for various situations. We hope these free resources will aid you in your journey to mastering Chinese.
