苦哈哈
kǔ hā hā
Pinyin

Definition

苦哈哈
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kǔ hā hā
  1. to have difficulty getting by
  2. to struggle (financially etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

哈
Hā
  1. 1 abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Hā sà kè sī tǎn], Kazakhstan
  2. 2 abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Harbin
哈哈
hā hā
  1. 1 (onom.) laughing out loud
痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
苦
kǔ
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly
辛苦
xīn kǔ
  1. 1 exhausting
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 tough
  4. 4 arduous
  5. 5 to work hard
  6. 6 to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7 hardship(s)

Idioms (20)

不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard

Sample Sentences

老爸，你又要开始领导式发言了。要真那么强大，我还用得着每天苦哈哈地练英文吗？说白了，这就是一档娱乐性节目，什么推广汉语，弘扬中国文化，这都是节目的噱头，赚收视率呢。
lǎobà ，nǐ yòu yào kāishǐ lǐngdǎoshì fāyán le 。yào zhēn nàme qiángdà ，wǒ hái yòngdezháo měitiān kǔhāhā de liàn Yīngwén ma ？shuō bái le ，zhè jiùshì yī dàng yúlèxìng jiémù ，shénme tuīguǎng Hànyǔ ，hóngyáng zhōngguówénhuà ，zhè dōu shì jiémù de xuétóu ，zhuàn shōushì lǜ ne 。
Again with the leadership speeches, dad. If we're so powerful, is it still necessary for me to practice English every day? To put it plainly, this show is for entertainment. These popularization of the Chinese language and enhancement of Chinese culture are all gimmicks meant to boost ratings.
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