辛苦 xīn kǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. exhausting
  2. hard
  3. tough
  4. arduous
  5. to work hard
  6. to go to a lot of trouble
  7. hardship(s)

CHARACTERS

辛 xīn bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
苦 kǔ bitter; hardship, suffering