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吃得苦中苦，方為人上人
hek3 dak1 fu2 zung1 fu2, fong1 wai4 jan4 soeng6 jan4
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to rise in society you must be able edure the most difficult of hardships  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:吃 hek3 - eat得 dak1 - get; obtain; fit; finished; able to; must 苦 fu2 - bitter; painful; hard; suffer from 中 zung1 zung3 - centre; middle; during; average; affected by 苦 fu2 - bitter; painful; hard; suffer from ， - (not in database) 方 fong1 - direction; angle 為 wai4 wai6 - do, act; serve as; be; for 人 jan4 - person; human being 上 soeng6 soeng5 - upper; superior; preceding; up; on 人 jan4 - person; human being |
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