苦
kǔ
bitter
hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
这种药很苦，小孩子不喜欢吃。
zhè zhǒng yào hěn kǔ, xiǎo hái zi bù xǐ huān chī.
This kind of medicine is very bitter; children don't like to take it.
他从小生活很苦，靠自己努力才有了今天。
tā cóng xiǎo shēng huó hěn kǔ, kào zì jǐ nǔ lì cái yǒu le jīn tiān.
His life was full of hardship from a young age; it was through his own hard work that he has what he has today.
Words with 苦
酸甜苦辣
suān tián kǔ là
lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)
离苦得乐
lí kǔ dé lè
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不辞劳苦
bù cí láo kǔ
to spare no effort
不辞辛苦
bù cí xīn kǔ
to make nothing of hardships
二遍苦
èr biàn kǔ
second persecution
何苦
hé kǔ
why bother?
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
倒苦水
dào kǔ shuǐ
to pour out one's grievances
备尝艰苦
bèi cháng jiān kǔ
see 備嘗辛苦|备尝辛苦[bei4 chang2 xin1 ku3]
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships
八苦
bā kǔ
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)