苦
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Definitions
- 1. bitter
- 2. hardship
- 3. pain
- 4. to suffer
- 5. to bring suffering to
- 6. painstakingly
Words Containing 苦
why bother?
hardworking
to suffer hardship
to bear hardships
to look anxious (idiom)
to speak sarcastically
pain
difficult
to struggle arduously
bitter work
painstaking effort
vexed
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
to force a smile
to train hard
suffering
to grumble
exhausting
sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
to spare no effort
to make nothing of hardships
second persecution
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
to pour out one's grievances
to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
to treat (sb) unjustly
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
to mull over (idiom)
assiduous
to study hard
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
to study diligently
to rack one's brains
to toil
diligent
to study diligently
hardworking
with difficulty
to whine about hardships
to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
to whine on for days (idiom)
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
to suffer
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
to share joys and sorrows
to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth
to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
to be born under an ill star
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
deprivation
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
solitary and impoverished (idiom)
to study hard
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
lit. a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
forlorn
bleak
anxiety
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[bā kǔ]
worried to death (idiom)
to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships
having unspeakable bitter suffering
chloropicrin
a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom)
destitute but honest
to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
good times and hardships
to ponder earnestly
pain and difficulties
pains (of illness)
(bird species of China) white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
physical pain
see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xióng dǎn cǎo]
Peruvian ground-cherry
to think hard (idiom)
impoverished
(bird species of China) brown crake (Amaurornis akool)
to escape from the abyss of suffering
to bring trouble on oneself
to ask for trouble (idiom)
see 自食惡果|自食恶果[zì shí è guǒ]
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill
to ponder earnestly
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
slightly bitter
to suffer unspeakable misery
to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
victim's family (esp. in murder case)
hard job
torture
hard work
toil
lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口)
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
bitter taste
hard lot
to have difficulty getting by
affliction
grievance
great bitterness, deep hatred (idiom); deeply ingrained long-standing resentment
hard labor (in penal code)
hard task
see 苦差[kǔ chāi]
to work hard
forced labor
treat harshly
to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble
to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
to think hard
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
depressed
wretched situation
bitter struggle
to suffer from (a disadvantage)
hard times
amygdalin
lit. bitter fruit
underlying cause of poverty
suffering
chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)
wretched state
bitter work
lit. sea of bitterness
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
sea of bitterness is vast (idiom)
bitter and astringent
to endure (years of suffering)
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
sour expression on one's face
bitter sweet
pain
(slang) prison
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence
gall bladder
wormwood
absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
endive
strenuously
to entreat piteously
endive
Bitter Cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[féng dé yīng] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang
Ixeris denticulata
cutleaf ground-cherry
suffering
ascetic practice
penance (to atone for a sin)
secret trouble
to admonish strenuously
wretched feelings (opposite: 樂趣|乐趣, delight)
coup d'état (loanword)
also called 四諦|四谛[sì dì]
deep grief
sufferings
bitter hardship
excruciating
to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom)
poverty-stricken
to make a hard living as unskilled laborer
(slang) to be behind bars
painstakingly
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)