苦活 (kǔ huó) — harte, schlecht bezahlte Handarbeit; bittere Arbeit

Definition

A colloquial noun for hard, low-paying manual labor — backbreaking work for little pay. Distinct from 体力活, which only describes the physical effort without the 'bitter' connotation of low reward.

noun
harteschlecht bezahlte Handarbeitbittere Arbeit

Beispiele

  • 苦活
    Tā měi tiān gān kǔ huó, zhèng de qián què hěn shǎo.
    He does bitter work every day but earns very little money.
  • 苦活
    Hěn duō nóng mín gōng zài gōng dì shàng zuò kǔ huó.
    Many migrant workers do hard labor on construction sites.
  • 苦活
    Tā bù xiǎng ràng hái zi jiāng lái yě gān kǔ huó.
    She doesn't want her children to do bitter work in the future either.

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