苦力 kǔlì HSK7 coolie Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All "ku3 li4" meanings All meanings 2 kǔlì 2 coolie 1hard toil 1 2 sentences for 苦力 (kǔlì) 他在矿场干这种苦力已经好几年了。 tā zài kuàngchǎng gàn zhè zhǒng kǔlì yǐjīng hǎojǐ nián le. He has been doing this kind of hard labor at the mine for several years. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary旧社会有很多中国人被骗到海外去当苦力。 jiù shèhuì yǒu hěnduō Zhōngguórén bèi piàn dào hǎiwài qù dāng kǔlì. In the old society, many Chinese people were tricked into going overseas to work as coolies. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary