# 苦力 (kǔlì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 苦力 (kǔlì) means “manual laborer; hard labor; drudge”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: manual laborer; hard labor; drudge
- Pinyin: kǔlì (ku3 li4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 搬家的时候，我们俩都成了苦力。
  Bānjiā de shíhou, wǒmen liǎ dōu chéngle kǔlì.
  When moving, the two of us ended up doing the heavy labor.

## Characters

- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship
- [力](https://hanziro.com/word/li-strength/) (lì): strength; power

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-li-manual-laborer/

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