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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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lèi
    lei4
lei
 rui
    るい
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement; (female given name) Rui
To tie; accumulate; repeatedly; to implicate, involve.

力爭


力争

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lì zhēng
    li4 zheng1
li cheng
to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly

励む

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 hagemu
    はげむ
(v5m,vi) to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to; to make an effort; to be zealous

勞碌


劳碌

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láo lù
    lao2 lu4
lao lu
to work hard; to toil

奮戰


奋战

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fèn zhàn
    fen4 zhan4
fen chan
to fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard

打拼

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dǎ pīn
    da3 pin1
ta p`in
    ta pin
to work hard; to try to make a living

操勞


操劳

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cāo láo
    cao1 lao2
ts`ao lao
    tsao lao
to work hard; to look after

爭氣


争气

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zhēng qì
    zheng1 qi4
cheng ch`i
    cheng chi
to work hard for something; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short

發奮


发奋

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fā fèn
    fa1 fen4
fa fen
to make an effort; to push for something; to work hard

稼ぐ

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 kasegu
    かせぐ
(transitive verb) (1) to earn (income); to make (money); (transitive verb) (2) to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time); (v5g,vi) (3) to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil

苦幹


苦干

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kǔ gàn
    ku3 gan4
k`u kan
    ku kan
to work hard

賣力


卖力

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mài lì
    mai4 li4
mai li
to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand

辛苦

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xīn kǔ
    xin1 ku3
hsin k`u
    hsin ku
 shinku
    しんく
exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
(n,vs,vi) hardship; toil; trouble

勤しむ

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 isoshimu
    いそしむ
(v5m,vi) (kana only) to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

精出す

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 seidasu / sedasu
    せいだす
(v5s,vi) (See 精を出す) to work hard; to be diligent; to do one's best; to try one's hardest; to exert oneself

任勞任怨


任劳任怨

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rèn láo rèn yuàn
    ren4 lao2 ren4 yuan4
jen lao jen yüan
to work hard without complaint (idiom)

勞而無功


劳而无功

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láo ér wú gōng
    lao2 er2 wu2 gong1
lao erh wu kung
to work hard while accomplishing little; to toil to no avail

取っ組む

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 tokkumu
    とっくむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against; (v5m,vi) (2) to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

夙興夜寐


夙兴夜寐

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sù xīng yè mèi
    su4 xing1 ye4 mei4
su hsing yeh mei
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard; to study diligently; to burn the candle at both ends

打翻身仗

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dǎ fān shēn zhàng
    da3 fan1 shen1 zhang4
ta fan shen chang
to work hard towards a turnaround; to fight to reverse something

汗を流す

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 aseonagasu
    あせをながす
(exp,v5s) (1) to work hard; to sweat; (exp,v5s) (2) to wash off one's sweat

笨鳥先飛


笨鸟先飞

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bèn niǎo xiān fēi
    ben4 niao3 xian1 fei1
pen niao hsien fei
lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities

精を出す

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 seiodasu / seodasu
    せいをだす
(exp,v5s) to work hard; to work diligently

苦心孤詣


苦心孤诣

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kǔ xīn gū yì
    ku3 xin1 gu1 yi4
k`u hsin ku i
    ku hsin ku i
to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at something

逆水行舟

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nì shuǐ xíng zhōu
    ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1
ni shui hsing chou
lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom); fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)

勉強に励む

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 benkyounihagemu / benkyonihagemu
    べんきょうにはげむ
(exp,v5m) to work hard at one's lessons

こつこつ働く

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 kotsukotsuhataraku
    こつこつはたらく
(exp,v5k) to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

駑馬に鞭打つ

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 dobanimuchiutsu
    どばにむちうつ
(exp,v5t) (1) (humble language) to work hard; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to whip a jaded horse; (exp,v5t) (2) (orig. meaning) to make someone do what is beyond their ability

切磋琢磨し合う

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 sessatakumashiau
    せっさたくましあう
(exp,v5u) to work hard together; to be in a state of friendly rivalry

Variations:
取り組む(P)
取組む

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 torikumu
    とりくむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against; (v5m,vi) (2) to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

Variations:
こつこつ働く
コツコツ働く

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 kotsukotsuhataraku(kotsukotsu働ku); kotsukotsuhataraku(kotsukotsu働ku)
    こつこつはたらく(こつこつ働く); コツコツはたらく(コツコツ働く)
(exp,v5k) to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

Variations:
精を出す
精をだす(sK)

see styles
 seiodasu / seodasu
    せいをだす
(exp,v5s) to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest

Variations:
努める(P)
勉める(rK)
力める(rK)

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 tsutomeru
    つとめる
(v1,vi) to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to devote oneself; to be committed (to doing)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 33 results for "To Work Hard" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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