苦工 meaning in English
hard labor (in penal code); coolie
11 strokes
Meaning of 苦工
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
kǔgōng
- hard labor (in penal code)
- coolie
苦工 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
当我们其他人辛苦工作时，强盗贵族却用镀金餐具吃饭。
While the rest of us toil, the robber barons eat from gilt tableware.
Stroke order for each character
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苦 kǔ · bitter · 8 strokes
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工 gōng · labor · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 苦工.
| 工作 | gōngzuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工人 | gōngrén | worker |
| 打工 | dǎgōng | to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d |
| 痛苦 | tòngkǔ | pain; suffering |
| 工厂 | gōngchǎng | factory |
| 工具 | gōngjù | tool; instrument |
| 员工 | yuángōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 工资 | gōngzī | wages; pay |
| 工程师 | gōngchéngshī | engineer |
| 工业 | gōngyè | industry |
| 人工 | réngōng | artificial; manpower |
| 加工 | jiāgōng | to process; processing |
Questions about 苦工
What does 苦工 mean?
苦工 (kǔgōng) means "hard labor (in penal code); coolie".
How do you write 苦工?
苦工 is made of 2 characters: 苦 (8 strokes), 工 (3 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.