Definition
千辛万苦 is a four-character idiom (成语) that literally means 'a thousand hardships, ten thousand toils' — it describes an immense amount of difficulty and suffering, usually endured over a long period to achieve something. You can use it as an object after 经历 ('to go through') or as an adverbial phrase with 地 to describe how something is done. It's a set phrase; the characters cannot be rearranged or split.
f.e.
untold hardshipsinnumerable difficulties
Examples
- 千辛万苦。Fùmǔ jīnglì le qiān xīn wàn kǔ cái bǎ wǒmen fǔyǎng chéngrén.Our parents went through untold hardships to raise us.
- 千辛万苦。Tā qiān xīn wàn kǔ de zhǎodào le shīsàn duō nián de qīnrén.He found his long-lost relatives after enduring countless hardships.
- 千辛万苦。Zhè xiàng gōngchéng níngjù le gōngrénmen de qiān xīn wàn kǔ.This project embodies the untold hardships of the workers.
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