"Arduous" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) |   |
| 艰苦 | jiān kǔ | difficult / hard / arduous | |
| 艰辛 | jiān xīn | hardships / arduous / difficult | |
| 繁重 | fán zhòng | heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous | |
| 笨重 | bèn zhòng | heavy / cumbersome / unwieldy / laborious / arduous | |
| 浩繁 | hào fán | vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome | |
| 吃重 | chī zhòng | (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity | |
| 苦战 | kǔ zhàn | bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort | |
| 吃力不讨好 | chī lì bù tǎo hǎo | arduous and thankless task (idiom) / strenuous and unrewarding | |
| 山高水险 | shān gāo shuǐ xiǎn | lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift / to undertake an arduous task or journey (idiom) | |
| 山长水远 | shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn | (idiom) long and arduous journey | |
| 苦差 | kǔ chāi | hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore | |
| 苦事 | kǔ shì | hard job / arduous task | |
| 费力不讨好 | fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo | arduous and thankless task (idiom) / strenuous and unrewarding | |
| 修阻 | xiū zǔ | (literary) long and arduous (road) | |
