苦楚
kǔ chǔ
Pinyin

Definition

苦楚
 - 
kǔ chǔ
  1. suffering
  2. misery
  3. pain (esp. psychological)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qīng chu
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
  4. 4 to be clear about
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly
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)
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?

Idioms (20)

一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
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