苦心

kǔxīn

noun HSK 7-9 #33,769

Meanings

1 painstaking effort
2 great pains
3 dedication

Characters

bitter; painstaking

Examples

HSK 4

父母的苦心，孩子长大后才会明白。

Fùmǔ de kǔxīn, háizi zhǎngdà hòu cái huì míngbai.

Children only understand their parents' painstaking efforts after they grow up.

HSK 5

他苦心经营这家店已经十年了。

Tā kǔxīn jīngyíng zhè jiā diàn yǐjīng shí nián le.

He has painstakingly run this shop for ten years.

Tips

memory

Bitter (苦) + heart (心) = a heart that endures bitterness, i.e. painstaking dedication and effort.

Stroke Order

苦 kǔ

心 xīn