bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
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suffering
vexed / distressed
strenuously / persistently / hard / painful
exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
difficult / hard / arduous
to suffer hardship
to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. []
sufferings
secret trouble / sorrow / difficulties
bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
pain / suffering
bitter and astringent / pained / agonized
lit. bitter fruit / fig. painful consequence
depressed / dejected / feeling low
hard labor (in penal code) / coolie
lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery
hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore
to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
suffering / misery / pain (esp. psychological)
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
to fight a hard battle / (fig.) to struggle hard
bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint
painstaking effort / to take a lot of trouble / laborious at pains
to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
hard lot / bitter fate / unfortunate
hardworking / assiduous
painstakingly / with great trouble
deprivation / distressed / miserable
(idiom) to ask for trouble / to make a rod for one's own back
impoverished / destitute
to grumble / to complain / grievance
to suffer untold hardships (idiom) / trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort
why bother? / is it worth the trouble?
to bear hardships
to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
shared delights and common hardships (idiom) / to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse
to bury oneself in work (idiom) / to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work
to suffer every possible torment (idiom) / bitter hardship / to bear one's cross
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27