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Hanzi Character Search: 苦

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苦
bitter; hardship, suffering
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 5 Total Strokes 11
Mandarin reading Cantonese reading fu2
Japanese on reading ku Japanese kun reading nigai kurushii kurushimu
Korean reading ko Vietnamese reading khổ

CEDICT Entries:

   [ bu ]    erhua variant of 苦不唧[ku3 bu5 ji1]
   [ zhōng zuò ]    to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
   [ laó ]    toil, hard work
   [ shēn ]    liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM
   [ gàn ]    to work hard
   [ xīn ]    to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble, to work hard at sth
   [ xīn jīng yíng ]    to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
   [ mèn ]    depressed, dejected, feeling low
   [ naǒ ]    vexed, distressed
   [ zhàn ]    bitter struggle, hard battle, arduous effort
   [ ]    to suffer from (a disadvantage)
   [ kuàng ]    wretched state, miserable plight
   [ huó ]    erhua variant of 苦活[ku3 huo2]
   [ haǐ biān huí toú shì àn ]    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., Repent and ye shall be saved!
   [ ]    bitter and astringent, pained, agonized
   [ guā liǎn ]    sour expression on one's face
   [ jìn gān laí ]    bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
   [ yaó ]    (slang) prison
   [ liàn ]    to train hard, to practice diligently, hard work, blood, sweat, and tears
   [ roù ]    the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence, CL:條|条[tiao2]
   [ dǎn ]    gall bladder
   [ maǐ caì ]    Ixeris denticulata
   [ chu ]    suffering, distress
   [ xíng shú zuì ]    penance (to atone for a sin)
   [ jiàn ]    to admonish strenuously
   [ miè daò ]    the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4], also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
   [ nàn ]    suffering
   [ nàn shēn zhòng ]    deep grief, extensive sorrow
   [ tou ]    sufferings
⇒    [ shèng ]    unable to bear the pain (idiom)
⇒    [ laó ]    to spare no effort
⇒    [ xīn ]    to make nothing of hardships
⇒    [ daò xuán zhī ]    lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation, dire straits
⇒    [ beì cháng xīn ]    to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
⇒    [ xué ]    to study hard, assiduous
⇒    [ naì laó ]    to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering, hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
⇒    [ zuān yán ]    to study diligently
⇒    [ laó xīn ]    to rack one's brains, to think hard
⇒    [ laó ]    to toil, hard work
⇒    [ qín fèn ]    diligent, assiduous
⇒    [ qín xué liàn ]    to study diligently, to train assiduously
⇒    [ qiān xīn wàn ]    to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations, with difficulty, after some effort
⇒    [ lián tiān ]    to whine on for days (idiom), to endlessly grumble complaints, incessant whining
⇒    [ chī zhōng fāng weí rén shàng rén ]    one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb), no pain, no gain
⇒    [ chī zhōng fāng weí rén shàng rén ]    one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb), no pain, no gain
⇒    [ chī naì laó ]    hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
⇒    [ chī tou ]    to suffer, to suffer for one's actions, to pay dearly, to burn one's fingers
⇒    [ ba chī huáng lián yoǔ shuō bu chū ]    to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom), unable to speak of one's bitter suffering, sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
⇒    [ maí toú gàn ]    to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work, to make an all-out effort, up to the neck in work
⇒    [ jiān zhuó jué ]    persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
⇒    [ xué ]    to study hard, assiduous
⇒    [ dòng dòng chī ]    A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
⇒    [ ]    bleak, miserable
⇒    [ choú meí liǎn ]    to look anxious (idiom), to look miserable
⇒    [ bié ]    (Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[ba1 ku3]
⇒    [ yoū zhōng ]    worried to death (idiom)
⇒    [ tián ]    to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
⇒    [ fàn ]    unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships, fig. poor-tasting meal
⇒    [ yoǔ shuō bu chū ]    having unspeakable bitter suffering, (often used after 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2])
⇒    [ xuè zhàn ]    a blood soaked and hard-fought struggle (idiom)
⇒    [ fēng ]    lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom), fig. hardships, miserable circumstances
⇒    [ shà feì xīn ]    to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking, at the cost of a lot of effort
⇒    [ baí xiōng è ]    (bird species of China) white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
⇒    [ huáng tiān xīn rén ]    Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
⇒    [ haō ]    see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xiong2 dan3 cao3]
⇒    [ zhí ]    Peruvian ground-cherry, cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana
⇒    [ qióng xiǎng ]    to think hard (idiom), to give sth much thought
⇒    [ qióng ]    impoverished, destitute
⇒    [ hóng è ]    (bird species of China) brown crake (Amaurornis akool)
⇒    [ tuō haǐ ]    to escape from the abyss of suffering, to shed off a wretched plight
⇒    [ taǒ chī ]    to ask for trouble (idiom), to make a rod for one's own back
⇒    [ liáng yaò koǔ ]    good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
⇒    [ jiān ]    difficult, hard, arduous
⇒    [ jiān fèn doù ]    to struggle arduously
⇒    [ jiān ]    leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
⇒    [ wàn fēn tòng ]    excruciating
⇒    [ zhuāng qióng ]    to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
⇒ 访   [ fǎng pín wèn ]    to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom)
⇒    [ ]    to grumble, to complain, grievance
⇒    [ biàn ]    to sour, to turn sour, to curdle
⇒    [ pín ]    poverty-stricken, poor
⇒    [ maì ]    to make a hard living as unskilled laborer
⇒    [ dūn yaó ]    (slang) to be behind bars
⇒    [ ]    to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)

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