苦力
kǔ lìEnglish Meaning
bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
HSK 7
00:01
“You call yourself a cultivator, yet you live like an ordinary coolie.”
你还是个修行者呢
“You're a practitioner.”
“You work hard every day.”
吃这个
“Eat this.”
HSK 7
00:02
“Look at you stretching yourself thin trying to please everyone and suffering for it.”
我自讨苦吃 咎由自取 行了吧
“I asked for it. Serves me right. Happy now?”
“You've got to please your girlfriend while carrying luggage for your landlady.”
你够难的呀 我再给你强调一遍啊
“Life's not easy. For the last time,”
HSK 7
00:02
好
“Alright.”
“Looks like the missing people aren't limited to just laborers.”
而是另有所图
“There's clearly another agenda at play.”
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