xīn qíndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
hardworking / industrious
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Original source entry:

辛勤 辛勤 [xin1 qin2] /hardworking; industrious/

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  • 辛
    xīn

    (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa

    Xīn

    surname Xin

  • 勤
    qín

    diligent / industrious / hardworking / frequent / regular / constant / (bound form) work / duty / attendance / (literary) diligent / industrious / hardworking (variant of 勤[qín]) / (literary) solicitous / attentive

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