苦

MEANING

1. 壹形adjective

   bitter

   中有苦的味道；感到痛苦或不愉快yǒu kǔ de wèidào; gǎndào ténɡkǔ huò búyuèkuài

   • zhègeyàohěnkǔ.

     这个药很苦。🔊

     This medicine tastes very bitter.

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   • zuòxuéshēngdeshíhòuyìdiǎnkǔyěbùnéngchī，jiāngláidàoshèhuìshàngyídìngyàopèngdīngzi。

     做学生的时候一点苦也不能吃，将来到社会上一定要碰钉子。🔊

     If you can't handle even a little hardship as a student, you're bound to hit a wall when you enter society.

   • gùtiānjiāngjiàngdàrènyúshìrényě，bìxiānkǔqíxīnzhì，láoqíjīngǔ，èqítǐfū，kōngfáqíshēn，xíngfúluànqísuǒwèi，suǒyǐdòngxīnrěnxìng，céngyìqísuǒbùnéng。

     故天将降大任于是人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。🔊

     Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great mission, it first embitters his mind and will, wearies his muscles and bones, starves his body and flesh, depletes his resources, and thwarts his every endeavor — all in order to stir his heart, strengthen his endurance, and develop capacities he did not possess before.

2. 貳名noun

   hardship

   中艰难、痛苦的处境或感受jiānnán、téngtòng de chǔjìng huò gǎnshòu

   • tāchīlehěnduōkǔ.

     他吃了很多苦。🔊

     He went through a lot of hardship.

3. 參名noun

   pain

   中感到难受、不开心的感觉；或者有难吃的味道gǎndào nánshòu、bú kāixīn de gǎnjuéhuò huòzhě yǒu nánchī de wèidào

   • tāchīlehěnduōkǔ.

     他吃了很多苦。🔊

     He suffered a great deal of hardship.

4. 肆副adverb

   painstakingly

   中用尽力气、费很大努力地yòngjìnlì qì、fèi hěnddà nǔlì de

   • tākǔxuézhōngwén.

     他苦学中文。🔊

     He studied Chinese very diligently.

5. 伍动verb

   to suffer

   中感到痛苦、难受、不快乐gǎndào ténɡkǔ、nánshòu、búkuàilè

   • tāchīlehěnduōkǔ.

     他吃了很多苦。🔊

     He endured a lot of hardship.

6. 陸动verb

   to bring suffering to

   中使人感到痛苦、不快乐shǐ rén gǎndào ténɡkǔ、bù kuàilè

   • zhèhuìkǔlenǐ.

     这会苦了你。🔊

     This will be hard on you.