Results for “苦”

see 苦思冥想[kǔ sī míng xiǎng]

see 苦思冥想[kǔ sī míng xiǎng]

to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity

to study diligently

to rack one's brains / to think hard

to study diligently / to train assiduously

hardworking / assiduous

to whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble

to complain without stopping (idiom) / to bitch endlessly / incessant grievances

to whine on for days (idiom) / to endlessly grumble complaints / incessant whining

one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain

hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)

to share joys and sorrows / sharing good times and hard times / same as 同甘共苦

to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings

to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom) / insincere flattery

persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom) / conspicuous determination

A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine

forlorn / miserable

bleak / miserable

to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable

anxiety / distress

(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[bā kǔ]

to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)

unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships / fig. poor-tasting meal

having unspeakable bitter suffering / (often used after 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[yǎ ba chī huáng lián])

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(neologism, attested by 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured / to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself

lit. bleak wind and icy rain (idiom) / fig. hardships / miserable circumstances

destitute but honest / poor and simple / spartan / austere

good times and hardships / joys and tribulations / for better or for worse

see 酸甜苦辣[suān tián kǔ là]

to ponder earnestly / to give a lot of thought to sth

pains (of illness) / sufferings (esp. in Buddhism)

(bird species of China) white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer

see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xióng dǎn cǎo]

to think hard (idiom) / to give sth much thought

(bird species of China) brown crake (Amaurornis akool)

to escape from the abyss of suffering / to shed off a wretched plight