[kǔ]
[形]
(像膽汁或黃連的味道) bitter
This medicine tastes very bitter.
這藥苦極了。
(難受的; 痛苦的) painful; hard
distressed looks; have a worried look
愁眉苦臉
[方] (除去得太多; 損耗太過) (cut off) too much
trim one's nails too short
指甲剪得太苦
The trees are overpruned.
樹枝修得太苦了。
[名]
(難受; 痛苦) hardship; suffering; pain
bear [fear] hardship
吃 [怕]苦
be born in misery but brought up in happiness
苦里生, 甜里長
air one's sufferings
訴苦
He went through all kinds of hardships in the old society.
他在舊社會受盡了苦。
(姓氏) a surname
Ku Zhuo
苦灼
[動]
(使痛苦; 使難受) cause sb. suffering; give sb. a hard time
This matter really gave him a hard time.
這事可苦了他了。
(苦于) suffer from; be troubled by
suffer from drought
苦旱
[副]
(有耐心地; 盡力地) painstakingly; doing one's utmost
study hard
苦讀
try hard to ask sb. to stay
苦留
earnestly advise [exhort]
苦勸
study and train hard
勤學苦練