含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
Pinyin

Definition

含辛茹苦
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hán xīn rú kǔ
  1. to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
  2. to bear one's cross

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hán
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 CL:個|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 hài
  1. 1 forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031
  2. 2 cf 辛亥革命[Xīn hài Gé mìng], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
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?
kè kǔ
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 assiduous
láo kǔ
  1. 1 to toil
  2. 2 hard work
bāo hán
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 to embody
  3. 3 to include
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
shòu kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer hardship
chī kǔ
  1. 1 to bear hardships
hán yǒu
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 including
hán lèi
  1. 1 tearful
  2. 2 tearfully
hán yì
  1. 1 meaning (implicit in a phrase)
  2. 2 implied meaning
  3. 3 hidden meaning
  4. 4 hint
  5. 5 connotation
hán xù
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 to hold
  3. 3 (of a person or style etc) reserved
  4. 4 restrained
  5. 5 (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning
  6. 6 implicit
  7. 7 veiled (criticism)
hán liàng
  1. 1 content
  2. 2 quantity contained
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
Liáng Jìng rú
  1. 1 Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer
  2. 2 also Leong Chui Peng or Jasmine Leong
jiān kǔ
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 arduous

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
含商咀徵
hán shāng jǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ
  1. 1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
含宫咀徵
hán gōng jǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
含情脉脉
hán qíng mò mò
  1. 1 full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
  1. 1 to equivocate
  2. 2 to talk evasively (idiom)
含英咀华
hán yīng jǔ huá
  1. 1 to savor fine writing (idiom)
含血喷人
hán xuè pēn rén
  1. 1 to make false accusations against sb (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

我明白,中国人都觉得,孩子小的时候父母含辛茹苦地抚养孩子长大成人,所以父母老了,孩子就应该承担起奉养父母的责任,不然就会被社会指责。
wǒ míngbai ,Zhōngguórén dōu juéde ,háizi xiǎo de shíhou fùmǔ hánxīnrúkǔ de fǔyǎng háizi zhǎngdà chéngrén ,suǒyǐ fùmǔ lǎo le ,háizi jiù yīnggāi chéngdān qǐ fèngyǎng fùmǔ de zérèn ,bùrán jiù huì bèi shèhuì zhǐzé 。
I understand. Chinese people all think, when children are young their parents make a lot of sacrifices to raise their children well, so when the parents get old, children should take on the responsibility for looking after their parents, otherwise they will be castigated by society.