苦節

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Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (苦節)		苦	節
simp. (苦节)		苦	节

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔjiè
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu³-chieh⁴
  - Yale: kǔ-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujieh
  - Palladius: куцзе (kucze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Noun

苦節

(～卦) A combination 一上一中 in the Lingqijing.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (苦節):

→ Korean: 고절(苦節) (gojeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	節
く Grade: 3	せつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
苦節 (kyūjitai)

Noun

苦(く)節(せつ) • (kusetsu)

dedication, perseverance, unwavering effort, devotion
- 1996, Masahiro Mita, Jūnana-sai de kangaeta koto , page 8:
  
  だがぼくの場合(ばあい)はそこに至(いた)るまでに、いわゆる「苦節(くせつ)十年(じゅうねん)」の寂(さび)しい鍛錬(たんれん)の時期(じき)があった。
  Da ga boku no bāi wa soko ni itaru made ni, iwayuru “kusetsu jūnen” no sabishī tanren no jiki ga atta.
  However, in my case arriving there followed a so-called “perseverance decade”, a period of solitary training.

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