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Meaning of 苦力

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苦 kǔ 力 lì
bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
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Synonym: 夫役 挑夫 脚夫
Example Sentences
1
没有人想把孩子变成做家务的苦力
。
No one wants to turn kids into household drudges.
2
条约割让九龙
——
正对香港岛的大陆部分
——
给英国
。
迫使中国允许中国苦力在英国船上工作
。
Yet another treaty guaranteed the resident ambassador, ceded Kowloon - a bit of the mainland opposite Hong Kong island - to Britain, and compelled China to let Chinese coolies migrate on British ships.
3
她是家里的苦力
,
可怜的小生灵
——
没有看护神保佑
“
灰姑娘
”
。
She's the family drudge, poor little soul - a Cinderella without a fairy godmother.
4
他们为盟军挖掘战壕
,
在码头和铁路站干苦力
,
或是在兵工厂里效命
。
They dug trenches, toiled in docks and railway yards or worked in arms factories for the allies.
5
那是个印度人
,
一个衣不蔽体
、
黑皮肤的德拉维苦力
,
看样子才死时间不长
。
He was an Indian, a black Dravidian coolie, almost naked, and he could not have been dead many minutes.