"Hardworking" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 勤奋 | qín fèn | hardworking / diligent |   |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking / industrious | |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | hardworking / assiduous | |
| 勤劳 | qín láo | hardworking / industrious / diligent | |
| 勤快 | qín kuài | diligent / hardworking | |
| 孜孜 | zī zī | diligent / hardworking / industrious / assiduous | |
| 勤苦 | qín kǔ | hardworking / assiduous | |
| 勤力 | qín lì | hardworking / diligent | |
| 吃苦耐劳 | chī kǔ nài láo | hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom) | |
| 勤俭 | qín jiǎn | hardworking and frugal | |
| 手不释卷 | shǒu bù shì juàn | lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking | |
| 懋 |  mào | to be hardworking / luxuriant / splendid | |
| 艰苦朴素 | jiān kǔ pǔ sù | leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom) | |
| 勤俭持家 | qín jiǎn chí jiā | hardworking and thrifty in running one's household | |
| 勤俭务实 | qín jiǎn wù shí | hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic | |
| 勤俭朴实 | qín jiǎn pǔ shí | (idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | |
| 勤俭朴素 | qín jiǎn pǔ sù | (idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | |
| 勤朴 | qín pǔ | simple and industrious / hardworking and frugal | |
| 日出而作，日入而息 | rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī | lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb) / fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life | |
