苦
Meaning
kǔ ku3
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
Example sentences
- He's suffering from acute pain in his life.
- It is generally accepted that a person cannot be successful in life without a lot of hard work.
HSK words with 苦
- 痛苦tòngkǔpain
- 辛苦xīnkǔexhausting
- 艰苦jiānkǔdifficult
- 酸甜苦辣suāntiánkǔlàsour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot
- 苦难kǔnànsuffering
- 苦恼kǔnǎovexed
- 刻苦kèkǔhardworking
- 受苦shòukǔto suffer hardship
- 挖苦wākǔto speak sarcastically
- 苦练kǔliànto train hard
- 何苦hékǔwhy bother?
- 吃苦chīkǔto bear hardships
- 诉苦sùkǔto grumble
- 苦力kǔlìbitter work
- 苦笑kǔxiàoto force a smile
- 苦心kǔxīnpainstaking effort
- 艰苦奋斗jiānkǔfèndòuto struggle arduously
- 愁眉苦脸chóuméikǔliǎnto look anxious (idiom)
- 苦尽甘来kǔjìngānláibitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning