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备尝辛苦

bèi cháng xīn kǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-09b7c45c506a894c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

備嘗辛苦 备尝辛苦 [bei4 chang2 xin1 ku3] /(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships/

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Other forms in these source records: 備嘗辛苦

  • 备
    bèi

    (bound form) to prepare / to equip / (literary) fully / completely

  • 尝
    cháng

    to taste / to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever / once / to taste / to experience (variant of 嘗|尝[cháng])

  • 辛
    xīn

    (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa

    Xīn

    surname Xin

  • 苦
    kǔ

    bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.