苦
苦
kǔ
ㄎㄨˇ
- bitter
- hardship, suffering
Words with 苦苦
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1. bitter
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2. hardship
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3. pain
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Verb
4. to suffer
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Verb
5. to bring suffering to
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6. painstakingly
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Old
1. the family of the victim in a murder case
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2. (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc)
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Taiwanese, Colloquial
3. person who bears the burden while others benefit
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1. painstaking effort
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Verb
2. to take a lot of trouble
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3. laborious at pains
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1. bitter work
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2. hard toil
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Loanword
3. coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
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1. bitter struggle
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2. hard battle
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3. arduous effort
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1. lit. sea of bitterness
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2. abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term)
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3. depths of misery
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1. bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)
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2. suffering
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3. digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth
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4. fig. bitter complaint
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1. lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口)
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2. fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)