苦節

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


Noun

苦節

  1. (~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) 

  1. dedication, perseverance, unwavering effort, devotion
    • 1996, Masahiro Mita, Jūnana-sai de kangaeta koto [Thoughts at seventeen years old], 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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