苦差事

kǔ chāi shi

Meaning

see 苦差 kǔ chāi

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Characters

苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering艹古差chàdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer羊工事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident一口彐亅

Examples

说服他中止旅行真是件苦差事。

Shuō fú tā zhōng zhǐ lǚ xíng zhēn shi jiàn kǔ chāi shi.

I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.