苦kǔ
Ⅰ ? ? （像膽汁或黃連的味道） bitter: 這藥 ～ 極了。 This medicine tastes very bitter.
? (難受的； 痛苦的) painful; hard: 愁眉 ～ 臉 distressed looks; have a worried look
? [方] (除去得太多； 損耗太過) (cut off) too much: 指甲剪得太 ～ trim one's nails too short; 樹枝修得太 ～ 了。 The trees are overpruned. Ⅱ ? (難受； 痛苦) hardship; suffering; pain: 吃 [怕] ～ bear [fear] hardship; ～ 里生， 甜里長 be born in misery but brought up in happiness; 訴 ～ air one's sufferings; 他在舊社會受盡了 ～。He went through all kinds of hardships in the old society.
? （姓氏） a surname: ～ 灼 Ku Zhuo Ⅲ ? ? (使痛苦； 使難受) cause sb. suffering; give sb. a hard time: 這事可 ～ 了他了。 This matter really gave him a hard time.
? （苦于） suffer from; be troubled by: ～ 旱 suffer from drought Ⅳ ? (有耐心地； 盡力地) painstakingly; doing one's utmost: ～ 讀 study hard; ～ 留 try hard to ask sb. to stay; ～ 勸 earnestly advise [exhort]; 勤學 ～ 練 study and train hard
◆苦差 hard and unprofitable job; 苦楚 suffering; misery; distress; 苦處 suffering; hardship; difficulty; 苦大仇深 have suffered bitterly in the old society and have a deep class hatred; (She) has been through much bitterness (and is thirsting for revenge).; have had one's fill of suffering in the past and have nursed a deep hatred; suffer bitterly and nurse a deep hatred; 苦膽 gall; gall bladder; 苦讀寒窗 persevere in one's studies in spite of hardships; 苦惡鳥 white-breasted water rail; 苦干 bang away at; be [keep] at it; work hard; 苦工 moil; hard work; manual work; hard labour; 苦功 hard work; painstaking effort; 苦瓜 ｛植｝ balsam pear; Momordiea charantia; bitter gourd; 苦果 bitter pill; 苦海 sea of bitterness; abyss of misery; a sea of woes; 苦海無邊， 回頭是岸 Boundless is the sea of bitterness, yet a man who will repent can reach the shore nearby — escape from the human world of woes and find salvation.; 苦寒 bitter cold; 苦盡甘來 All sufferings have their reward.; After suffering comes happiness.; After the bitter comes the sweet.; Luck comes after hardship.;Bitterness ends, sweetness begins.; 苦口 (admonish) in earnest; bitter to the taste; 苦口婆心 do one's best to convince sb.; admonishing words and kind feelings; advise in earnest words and with good intentions; a tender remonstrance; (admonish) earnestly and maternally; try one's best to persuade; urge sb. time and again with good intentions; 苦苦 hard; strenuously; 苦苦哀求 beg very hard; beg piteously; beg sb. in a hundred ways; beseech sb. bitterly; entreat piteously; implore bitterly; implore urgently; make an earnest request of sb.; press [push] one's suit on one's knees; 苦樂觀 viewpoint on hardship and happiness; 苦力 [舊] coolie; cooly; 苦楝 bead tree; melia azedarach; 苦練 practice hard; drill diligently; 苦悶 depressed; dejected; feeling low; gloomy; ademonia; 苦難 suffering; misery; distress; tribulation; 苦難深重 be in deep distress; be in the abyss of bitterness [misery]; be in the depth of misery; 苦惱 vexed; worried; distressed; tormented; troubled; 苦肉計 the ruse of inflicting an injury on oneself to win the confidence of the enemy; a trick of having oneself tortured to win the confidence of the enemy; a trick to gain an end by enduring bodily suffering; the ruse of self-injury to win sb.'s confidence; the trick of securing the enemy's faith by intentionally injuring oneself; 苦澀 bitter and astringent; harsh to the taste; pained; agonized; anguished; 苦水 bitter water; brackish water; gastric secretion, rising to the mouth; suffering; bitterness; misery; 苦思 think hard; cudgel one's brains; languish for; 苦思冥想 cudgel [rack] one's brains for ideas; deliberate a question time and again; think hard; be lost in deep [hard] thinking; puzzle over; put that in one's pipe and smoke it; 苦痛 pain; suffering; 苦頭 suffering; hardship; 苦味 bitter taste; amargoso; amargosa; acrimony; 苦味酸 {有化} picric acid; trinitrophenol; 苦夏 loss of appetite and weight in summer; 苦笑 forced smile; wry smile; bitter smile; produce a forced smile; 苦辛 cosin; brayerin; koussin; coussin; kosin; 苦心 trouble taken; pains; 苦心孤詣 try hard to (do); make [have; register] a notable achievement after extraordinarily persistent and painstaking efforts; make extraordinarily painstaking efforts; 苦心經(jīng)營 master￣ mind with painstaking effort; be elaborative in the undertaking; manage painstakingly; painstakingly build up (an enterprise, etc.); rack one's brain for ways and means to try making the enterprise a success; 苦行 {宗} ascetic practices; life of self-denial and mortification; 苦行僧 a person who lives a life of self-denial and mortification; ascetic monk; 苦學苦干 study hard and work hard; study and work hard; 苦役 hard labour; penal servitude; 苦于 suffer from (a disadvantage); trouble; (of life, etc.) be more bitter than; 苦雨 continuous rain; 苦戰(zhàn) wage an arduous struggle; struggle hard; 苦中作樂 enjoy life though hard up; enjoy in adversity; enjoy ... in the midst of sorrow and adversity; enjoy oneself despite poverty; find happiness in suffering; 苦衷 difficulties [troubles] that one is reluctant to discuss or mention; 苦竹 {植} bitter bamboo; 苦主 the family of the victim in a murder case
苦
bitter
苦kǔ
bitter flavour; bitter taste; bitterness