叫苦
jiào kǔ
Pinyin

Definition

叫苦
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jiào kǔ
  1. to whine about hardships
  2. to complain of one's bitter lot
  3. to complain
  4. to grumble

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

叫
jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to call
  3. 3 to order
  4. 4 to ask
  5. 5 to be called
  6. 6 by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 CL:個|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?
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
受苦
shòu kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer hardship
叫做
jiào zuò
  1. 1 to be called
  2. 2 to be known as
叫声
jiào shēng
  1. 1 yelling (sound made by person)
  2. 2 barking
  3. 3 braying
  4. 4 roaring (sound made by animals)
叫醒
jiào xǐng
  1. 1 to awaken
  2. 2 to wake sb up
  3. 3 to rouse
吃苦
chī kǔ
  1. 1 to bear hardships
名叫
míng jiào
  1. 1 called
  2. 2 named
呼叫
hū jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to yell
  3. 3 (telecommunications) to call
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
艰苦
jiān kǔ
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 arduous
苦恼
kǔ nǎo
  1. 1 vexed
  2. 2 distressed
苦涩
kǔ sè
  1. 1 bitter and astringent
  2. 2 pained
  3. 3 agonized
苦瓜
kǔ guā
  1. 1 bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
苦苦
kǔ kǔ
  1. 1 strenuously
  2. 2 persistently
  3. 3 hard
  4. 4 painful

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
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. 2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
  1. 1 shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
  2. 2 for better or for worse
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
  2. 2 to bear one's cross
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
  1. 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
坚苦卓绝
jiān kǔ zhuó jué
  1. 1 persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
大喊大叫
dà hǎn dà jiào
  1. 1 shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly
  2. 2 to rant
  3. 3 to kick up a racket
  4. 4 to conduct vigorous propaganda
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
  1. 1 solitary and impoverished (idiom)
小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine

Sample Sentences

有的地方连自来水都没有。像你这种有点洁癖的大小姐，保证呆一天就要叫苦连天！
yǒude dìfang lián zìláishuǐ dōu méiyǒu 。xiàng nǐ zhèzhǒng yǒudiǎnr jiépì de dàxiǎojiě ，bǎozhèng dāi yītiān jiùyào jiàokǔliántiān ！
Some places don't even have running water. I guarantee that someone like you who's a bit obsessed with cleanliness would be full of complaints after just a day!
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