to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
trad. 埋頭苦幹
Also written 埋頭苦幹【mái tóu kǔ gàn】
Characters in this word
4埋
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to bury
- Pinyin
- mái
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2705 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
苦
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bitter, hardship, pain, to suffer, to bring suffering to, painstakingly
- Pinyin
- kǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5535 of 2500
干
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old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
- Pinyin
- gān
- Traditional
- 乹
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 340 of 2500