Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「攻苦食儉」, with details below.
We’re presenting the idiom 「攻苦食儉」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Still eat bitter and bland food. Describes hard work and self-motivation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gōng kǔ shí jiǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gung1 fu2 sik6 gim6
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
