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  san1   jyutping
  xin1   pinyin
[1] hard; laborious
[2] sad; miserable
[3] pungent; hot (in flavour); acrid
[4] eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems
[5] a Chinese family name


Default PoS: Additional PoS:
Stroke count: 7
Level: 3
Radical: (#160)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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detail  san1 fu2  xin1 ku3 = difficult; laborious
detail  san1 kan4  xin1 qin2 = hardworking; industrious
detail  san1 pou2 sam1 jat1 gaa1  xin1 pu3 sen1 yi1 jia1 = "The Simpsons"
detail  bat1 ci4 san1 fu2  bu4 ci2 xin1 ku3 = make nothing of hardships
detail  san1 syun1   = bitter, sad
detail  lou4 lik6 san1 fu2   = hard working
detail  wan2 fu2 lei4/lai4 san1   = ask for trouble
detail  lo2 fu2 lei4/lai4 san1   = ask for trouble
detail  san1 fu2 saai3   = sorry to cause you so much trouble
detail  san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi6 zoi6 sik6   = to work very hard for food
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Showing 1 example containing 辛
detail 我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食,何必委屈自己 edit
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?

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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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