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exhausting
hardships
hardworking
pungent
see 五葷|五荤[wu3 hun1]
eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051
spicy hot
misery
Manchurian wild ginger
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021
very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes
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No one is more hardworking than you all.
Source: Tatoeba #1491604 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe owes his success both to working hard and to good luck.
Source: Tatoeba #1397150 · CC BY 2.0 FRI'm not used to spicy food.
Source: Tatoeba #796006 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe was tired out by an awfully tough job.
Source: Tatoeba #1335440 · CC BY 2.0 FRI'm really sorry to trouble you!
Source: Tatoeba #475216 · CC BY 2.0 FRThey work really hard.
Source: Tatoeba #4845074 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.