lao tâm khổ tứ
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overstraining
Verb
overstraining
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3 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
overstraining Core Actions
Putting in a great deal of mental effort and worry over a difficult task or problem for a long time.
vi Ông ấy đã lao tâm khổ tứ để hoàn thành dự án.
en He put in a great deal of mental effort to complete the project.
Parts
lao tâm / khổ / tứ …
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Parts
lao tâm / khổ / tứ …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
勞心苦四
Candidates by syllable
lao
勞（牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆）
tâm
心
khổ
苦
tứ
四
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
Thị Tứ / cấu tứ / huệ tứ / hạ tứ …
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Similar
Thị Tứ / cấu tứ / huệ tứ / hạ tứ …
Use
khổ hạnh / khổ thân / gian khổ / khổ công …
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Use
khổ hạnh / khổ thân / gian khổ / khổ công …