苦工 (kǔ gōng) — hard manual work, labor (often physical and demanding); a laborer, a person who does heavy physical work
Definition
Literally 'bitter work': 苦工 is hard physical labor, or the laborer who does it — a written, somewhat literary term. It focuses on the grueling nature of the work itself, unlike generic 工作 or 工人.
noun
hard manual worklabor (often physical and demanding)a laborera person who does heavy physical work
Examples
- 苦工，。Tā měi tiān zài gōng dì shàng zuò kǔ gōng, fēi cháng xīn kǔ.He does hard labor on the construction site every day, it's very exhausting.
- 苦工。Guò qù xǔ duō kǔ gōng méi yǒu jī běn quán lì.In the past, many laborers had no basic rights.
- 苦工，。Tā bù xiǎng yí bèi zi dāng kǔ gōng, suǒ yǐ nǔ lì dú shū.He doesn't want to be a laborer his whole life, so he studies hard.
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