Malay dictionary

susah-payah

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great effort and toil involved in completing a task

Meanings

  1. 1
    performing an action with much struggle or painstakingly
  2. 2
    great effort and toil involved in completing a task
  3. 3
    hardships or difficulties encountered in life

Examples

  • Segala susah-payah kamu belajar akhirnya membuahkan hasil.

    All the hard work you put into studying finally bore fruit.

  • Kita perlu tabah menghadapi segala susah-payah dalam hidup.

    We need to be resilient in facing all the hardships in life.

  • Kejayaan ini adalah hasil susah-payah kita bersama selama ini.

    This success is the result of our collective great effort all this while.

  • Pelajar itu susah-payah mengulang kaji pelajaran sehingga lewat malam demi peperiksaan akhir.

    The student struggled to revise his lessons until late at night for the final exam.

  • Ibu bapa sanggup menanggung segala susah-payah demi masa depan anak-anak.

    Parents are willing to endure all the great effort for the sake of their children's future.

  • Dia susah-payah mendaki bukit itu untuk melihat pemandangan matahari terbenam.

    He painstakingly climbed the hill to see the sunset view.

Word network

Antonyms
susah-payahgreat effort and toil involved in co…senang-senangwith great ease or wit…kesenanganease or convenience

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Antonymssenang-senang, kesenangan

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