艱難苦労

かんなんくろう

noun

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trials and tribulations, adversities, suffering hardships and troubles(yojijukugo)

艱	difficult, trying, be distressed, parent's funeral ceremony, mourning, perilous
難	difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
苦	suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
労	labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble