苦心

Chinese

 
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
heart; mind
trad. (苦心)
simp. #(苦心)

Pronunciation


Noun

苦心

  1. pains; efforts; hard work

Adverb

苦心

  1. with strenuous efforts; painstakingly

Descendants

  • 苦心焦慮苦心焦虑
  • 苦心積慮苦心积虑
  • 苦心竭力
  • 苦心經營苦心经营

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From (ku, hard, energetically) + (shin, heart)

Noun

苦心 (hiragana くしん, rōmaji kushin)

  1. pains, efforts, hard work

Derived terms

  • 苦心談 (kushindan): account of the hardships one has encountered
  • 苦心惨憺 (kushin santan): taking great pains

Idioms

  • 苦心を買われる (kushin o kawareru): have one's labor appreciated

Verb

苦心する (hiragana くしんする, rōmaji kushin suru)

  1. make strenuous efforts, be at pains to, struggle to
     () (しん)して
    kushin shite
    with great pains

Conjugation

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