suffering; hardship; misfortune
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
suffering; hardship; misfortune; bitter experience
neutralOften used with verbs like "吃" (chī), "尝" (cháng), or "受" (shòu) to mean 'to suffer hardships'.
Tā他
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
chī吃
jìn尽
le了
kǔ苦
tou头
。
He suffered a lot of hardships when he was young.
Shén什
me么
kǔ苦
tou头
wǒ我
dōu都
cháng尝
guò过
le了
。
I've tasted every kind of hardship.
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Zhè这
cì次
shī失
bài败
ràng让
tā他
shòu受
le了
bù不
shǎo少
kǔ苦
tou头
。
This failure caused him a lot of suffering.
Bù不
tīng听
quàn劝
gào告
，
jiāng将
lái来
yǒu有
nǐ你
de的
kǔ苦
tou头
chī吃
。
If you don't listen to the advice, you'll suffer for it in the future.