苦
Ancient forms
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Meaning
Example sentences
- He's suffering from acute pain in his life.
- The medicine decreased his pain.
HSK words with 苦
- 痛苦 tòngkǔ pain
- 辛苦 xīnkǔ exhausting
- 艰苦 jiānkǔ difficult
- 酸甜苦辣 suāntiánkǔlà sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot
- 苦难 kǔnàn suffering
- 苦恼 kǔnǎo vexed
- 刻苦 kèkǔ hardworking
- 受苦 shòukǔ to suffer hardship
- 挖苦 wākǔ to speak sarcastically
- 苦练 kǔliàn to train hard
- 何苦 hékǔ why bother?
- 吃苦 chīkǔ to bear hardships
- 诉苦 sùkǔ to grumble
- 苦力 kǔlì bitter work
- 苦笑 kǔxiào to force a smile
- 苦心 kǔxīn painstaking effort
- 艰苦奋斗 jiānkǔfèndòu to struggle arduously
- 愁眉苦脸 chóuméikǔliǎn to look anxious (idiom)
- 苦尽甘来 kǔjìngānlái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning