勞苦功高

Chinese

		toil	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	high; tall
trad. (勞苦功高)		勞	苦	功	高
simp. (劳苦功高)		劳	苦	功	高

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láokǔgōnggāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ fu² gong¹ gou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láokǔgōnggāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láokǔgonggao
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-kʻu³-kung¹-kao¹
    • Yale: láu-kǔ-gūng-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laukuugonggau
    • Palladius: лаокугунгао (laokugungao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ fu² gong¹ gou¹
    • Yale: lòuh fú gōng gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ fu² gong¹ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ fu² gong¹ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ fuː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

勞苦功高

1. to have worked hard and made enormous contributions