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Character Decomposition
苦=艹+古
Etymology
grass
Meanings
bitter
hardship
pain
to suffer
to bring suffering to
painstakingly
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Words with 苦 376 total
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)八苦bā kǔto bear hardships吃苦chī kǔdifficult · hard · arduous艰苦jiān kǔliquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM苦参kǔ shēnhard task · difficult mission · arduous and unrewarding undertaking · drudgery · grind · chore苦差kǔ chāisuffering · distress苦处kǔ chutreat harshly苦待kǔ dàito work hard苦干kǔ gànhard work · laborious effort · painstaking work苦功kǔ gōng
Idioms with 苦 108 total
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦爱别离苦ài bié lí kǔ(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships备尝辛苦bèi cháng xīn kǔto spare no effort不辞劳苦bù cí láo kǔunable to bear the pain (idiom)不胜其苦bù shèng qí kǔhardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)吃苦耐劳chī kǔ nài láoto look anxious (idiom) · to look miserable愁眉苦脸chóu méi kǔ liǎn