The Vocabulary of Endurance

吃苦耐劳 To eat bitterness and endure toil. To bear a hard life and stand up to heavy work.

任劳任怨 To take on toil and take on complaints. The Handian dictionary explains: to work without shirking hardship and without fearing the complaints of others. The phrase goes back to Han dynasty texts.

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