"hard work" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hard work (uncountable)
  1. Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.) Tags: uncountable Related terms: hard labor, work hard Translations (something requiring lots of effort to do): 努力 (nǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 辛苦 (xīnkǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 辛勤工作 (xīnqín gōngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), fataica [feminine] (Dalmatian), kova työ (Finnish), labeur [masculine] (French), travail acharné [masculine] (French), harte Arbeit [feminine] (German), Schufterei [feminine] (German), μόχθος (móchthos) [masculine] (Greek), κόπος (kópos) [masculine] (Greek), kemény/fárasztó/fáradságos/kimerítő munka (Hungarian), robotolás (Hungarian), gürcölés (Hungarian), gürizés (Hungarian), vesződés (Hungarian), küszködés (Hungarian), kínlódás (Hungarian), erőlködés (Hungarian), bajlódás (Hungarian), erőfeszítés (Hungarian), vesződség (Hungarian), fáradozás (Hungarian), erfiðisvinna [feminine] (Icelandic), erfiði [neuter] (Icelandic), luain [feminine] (Irish), faticata [feminine] (Italian), operosità [feminine] (Italian), wysiłek [masculine] (Polish), ciężka praca [feminine] (Polish), тяжёлая рабо́та (tjažólaja rabóta) [feminine] (Russian), тяжёлый труд (tjažólyj trud) [masculine] (Russian), труд (trud) [masculine] (Russian), श्रम (śráma) [masculine] (Sanskrit), тру̑д [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trȗd [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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      "roman": "tjažólaja rabóta",
      "sense": "something requiring lots of effort to do",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тяжёлая рабо́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjažólyj trud",
      "sense": "something requiring lots of effort to do",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тяжёлый труд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trud",
      "sense": "something requiring lots of effort to do",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "труд"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "śráma",
      "sense": "something requiring lots of effort to do",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "श्रम"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something requiring lots of effort to do",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тру̑д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something requiring lots of effort to do",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trȗd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard work"
}

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