苦楚
kǔ chǔ
Pinyin
Definition
苦楚
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- suffering
- misery
- pain (esp. psychological)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 clear
- 2 distinct
- 3 to understand thoroughly
- 4 to be clear about
- 1 bitter
- 2 hardship
- 3 pain
- 4 to suffer
- 5 to bring suffering to
- 6 painstakingly
- 1 exhausting
- 2 hard
- 3 tough
- 4 arduous
- 5 to work hard
- 6 to go to a lot of trouble
- 7 hardship(s)
- 1 why bother?
- 2 is it worth the trouble?
Idioms (20)
一清二楚
- 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
不胜其苦
- 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
倒悬之苦
- 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
- 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
- 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
- 2 to rack one's brains