艰苦

jiānkǔ

HSK 5

艰苦 — jiānkǔ

1. difficult; hard; arduous (describing conditions, work, life, etc.)

   在艰苦的条件下，他们仍然坚持完成了任务。 zài jiānkǔ de tiáojiàn xià tāmen réngrán jiānchí wánchéng le rènwù — Under difficult conditions, they still insisted on completing the task.