📖 Meaning
To accumulate and endure bitterness and hardship over a long period. It describes someone who has experienced considerable difficulty and suffering. A variant of the idiom 停辛伫苦.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom belongs to the tradition of Chinese four-character expressions describing endurance through adversity. The characters 停 (to linger or remain) and 贮 (to store or accumulate) both convey the sense of hardship persisting and accumulating over time. It is a variant form of 停辛伫苦, with similar meaning and usage. No specific literary origin or associated historical figure is recorded for this particular variant.
💡 Example Usage
父母停辛贮苦一辈子，只为供孩子们读书成才。
Their parents endured a lifetime of hardship, all so their children could study and succeed.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 停辛贮苦
- Pinyin: tíng xīn zhù kǔ
- Literal Translation: lingering, hardship, storing, bitterness
- Category: Perseverance
- Characters: 4