# 苦心 (kǔxīn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 苦心 (kǔxīn) means “painstaking effort; great care”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: painstaking effort; great care
- Pinyin: kǔxīn (ku3 xin1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要辜负了父母的一片苦心。
  Búyào gūfù le fùmǔ de yìpiàn kǔxīn.
  Do not waste your parents' painstaking care.

## Characters

- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship
- [心](https://hanziro.com/word/xin-heart/) (xīn): heart; mind

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-xin-painstaking-effort/

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