苦瓜
kǔ guā
Pinyin

Definition

苦瓜
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kǔ guā
  1. bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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)
何苦
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?
傻瓜
shǎ guā
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 fool

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

苦瓜？算了吧，那么苦的东西我一口都咽不下。到时候，明明没火也吃出火来。
kǔguā ？suànle ba ，nàme kǔ de dōngxi wǒ yī kǒu dōu yàn bu xià 。dàoshíhou ，míngmíng méi huǒ yě chīchū huǒ lái 。
Bitter melon? Forget it. I can't eat a single mouthful of such bitter stuff. When the time comes, it will make me hot if I'm not already.
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那苦瓜一定是去火的吧？
nà kǔguā yīdìng shì qùhuǒ de ba ？
So bitter melon must be one, right?
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我觉得你是胃火旺。看看你的饮食习惯，每天大鱼大肉的、还喜欢吃辛辣刺激的东西。身体里面不知道堆积了多少火。你最好多吃点清火的东西。你前面提到的苦瓜就很好。夏天还可以多喝点凉茶。
wǒ juéde nǐ shì wèihuǒ wàng 。kànkan nǐ de yǐnshí xíguàn ，měitiān dàyúdàròu de 、hái xǐhuan chī xīnlà cìjī de dōngxi 。shēntǐ lǐmiàn bù zhīdào duījī le duōshao huǒ 。nǐ zuìhǎo duō chī diǎn qīnghuǒ de dōngxi 。nǐ qiánmian tídào de kǔguā jiù hěn hǎo 。xiàtiān hái kěyǐ duō hē diǎn liángchá 。
I think what you have is fire in the stomach. Look at what you like to eat and drink. Every day you eat a lot of fish and meat. And you like to eat painfully hot and stimulating food. Who knows how much heat has accumulated in your body. You'd better eat some more things that clear out your internal heat. The bitter melon you just mentioned is excellent. During the summer, you can drink a little more iced tea.
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小孩最怕看牙医了，你看，一个个都是苦瓜脸。
xiǎohái zuì pà kàn yáyī le ，nǐ kàn ，yī gègè dōu shì kǔguāliǎn 。
Kids are afraid of seeing the dentist more than anything. Look, they all have such sour expression on their faces.
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