liáng​kǔ

fine and coarse

  • created sense approved 良苦 · liáng​kǔ · fine and coarse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    良苦

    liáng​kǔ

    fine and coarse

    (literary) the difference between what is fine or beautiful and what is coarse or inferior

    良 (literal) → 良 · liáng · good 苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · bitter

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  • created sense approved 良苦 · liáng​kǔ · painstaking; very hard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    良苦

    liáng​kǔ

    painstaking; very hard

    (literary) extremely laborious or painful; painstaking (often used in the phrase [[用心|用心|yong4 xin1]] [[良苦|良苦|liang2 ku3]] to describe well-intentioned efforts)

    良 (literal) → 良 · liáng · very 苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · extremely

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