Definition

Examples

• 他每天在工地上做苦工，非常辛苦。
  Tā měitiān zài gōngdì shàng zuò kǔ gōng, fēicháng xīnkǔ.
  He does hard labor on the construction site every day, it's very exhausting.
• 过去许多苦工没有基本权利。
  Guòqù xǔduō kǔ gōng méiyǒu jīběn quánlì.
  In the past, many laborers had no basic rights.
• 他不想一辈子当苦工，所以努力读书。
  Tā bùxiǎng yí bèizi dāng kǔ gōng, suǒyǐ nǔlì dúshū.
  He doesn't want to be a laborer his whole life, so he studies hard.