Character

苦 kǔ

bitter; hardship, suffering

HSK 4 #634

苦 kǔ	bitter hardship pain to suffer to bring suffering to painstakingly

辛苦 xīn kǔ HSK 4	exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
痛苦 tòng kǔ HSK 5	pain; suffering; painful; CL:個\|个[ge4]
艰苦 jiān kǔ HSK 5	difficult; hard; arduous
刻苦 kè kǔ HSK 5	hardworking; assiduous
苦涩 kǔ sè HSK 6	bitter and astringent; pained; agonized
吃苦 chī kǔ HSK 6	to bear hardships
苦尽甘来 kǔ jìn gān lái HSK 6	bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
受苦 shòu kǔ	to suffer hardship
苦难 kǔ nàn	suffering
苦恼 kǔ nǎo	vexed; distressed
苦苦 kǔ kǔ	strenuously; persistently; hard; painful
挖苦 wā kǔ	to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
苦头 kǔ tou	sufferings
苦衷 kǔ zhōng	secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties
苦力 kǔ lì	bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ	painstakingly; with great trouble
苦痛 kǔ tòng	pain; suffering
困苦 kùn kǔ	deprivation; distressed; miserable
苦果 kǔ guǒ	lit. bitter fruit; fig. painful consequence
自讨苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī	to ask for trouble (idiom); to make a rod for one's own back
穷苦 qióng kǔ	impoverished; destitute
苦闷 kǔ mèn	depressed; dejected; feeling low
苦工 kǔ gōng	hard labor (in penal code); coolie
苦海 kǔ hǎi	lit. sea of bitterness; abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term); depths of misery
诉苦 sù kǔ	to grumble; to complain; grievance

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