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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǔ | ku3
English translation
bitter
hardship
pain
to suffer
to bring suffering to
painstakingly
bitter; hardship, suffering

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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grass

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹古

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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最后 zuìhòu , 最高 zuì gāo 法院 fǎyuàn 断然 duàn rán 拒绝 jùjué le "阿纳 " àn 超过 chāoguò 票数 piào shù de " tián " de 理论 lǐlùn .

Ultimately, the Court squarely rejected the Arnett plurality's " bitter with the sweet " theory.

chī 得起, 路上 lù shang jiù tián le . ”

" If she can take the hardships , then the trip will be easy for you. "

正是 zhèng shì duì 这些 zhè xiē 事物 shìwù de 思念 sīniàn ,足以 zúyǐ 使 shǐ 任何 rènhé 苦痛 kǔ tòng 变甜, 足以 zúyǐ hǎo 任何 rènhé 创伤 chuāng shāng .

The very thought of these things was sufficient to sweeten any bitterness, and heal any wound.

shuí 能够 néng gòu 揣摩 chuǎi mó 这些 zhè xiē 泪珠 lèi zhū ér de 含意 hán yì ne ?谁能够断定 duàndìng 它们 tā men shì shì tián ne ?

Who shall analyse those tears, and say whether they were sweet or bitter?

爱情 àiqíng shì 真实 zhēnshí de —— zuì 真实 zhēnshí zuì 持久 chíjiǔ de —— shì 我们 wǒmen suǒ 知道 zhīdào 的最 tián zuì de 东西 dōngxī .

Love is real - the most real, the most lasting - the sweetest and yet the bitterest thing we know.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
痛苦 tòngkǔ pain痛苦 tòngkǔ
bitter
辛苦 xīnkǔ hard辛苦 xīnkǔ
艰苦 jiānkǔ hard艱苦
苦难 kǔ nàn suffering苦難
苦恼 kǔ nǎo vexed苦惱
苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously苦苦 kǔ kǔ
苦笑 kǔ xiào to force a smile苦笑 kǔ xiào
受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship受苦 shòu kǔ
刻苦 kèkǔ hardworking刻苦 kèkǔ
艰苦奋斗 jiān kǔ fèn dòu to struggle arduously艱苦奮鬥
苦头 kǔ tou sufferings苦頭
挖苦 wā kǔ to speak sarcastically挖苦 wā kǔ
苦涩 kǔsè pained苦澀
辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ
吃苦 chīkǔ to bear hardships吃苦 chīkǔ
苦衷 kǔ zhōng sorrow苦衷 kǔ zhōng
苦瓜 kǔ guā bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)苦瓜 kǔ guā
苦练 kǔ liàn to train hard苦練
何苦 hé kǔ why bother?何苦 hé kǔ
苦战 kǔ zhàn bitter struggle苦戰
苦痛 kǔ tòng pain苦痛 kǔ tòng
苦闷 kǔ mèn depressed苦悶
苦力 kǔ lì bitter work苦力 kǔ lì
诉苦 sù kǔ to grumble訴苦

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Decomposition

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