| 埋头苦干 |
mái tóu kǔ gàn |
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work |
| 埋 |
mái |
to bury |
| 埋 |
mán |
used in 埋怨 |
| 埋头 |
mái tóu |
to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 苦 |
kǔ |
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |
| 苦干 |
kǔ gàn |
to work hard |
| 干 |
gān |
old variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder |
| 干 |
gān |
variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield |
| 干 |
gàn |
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed |