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愁苦
chóu kǔ
Pinyin
Definition
愁苦
-
chóu kǔ
anxiety
distress
Character Decomposition
愁
禾
火
心
苦
艹
十
口
Related Words
(20)
痛苦
tòng kǔ
1
pain
2
suffering
3
painful
4
CL:個|个[gè]
苦
kǔ
1
bitter
2
hardship
3
pain
4
to suffer
5
to bring suffering to
6
painstakingly
辛苦
xīn kǔ
1
exhausting
2
hard
3
tough
4
arduous
5
to work hard
6
to go to a lot of trouble
7
hardship(s)
何苦
hé kǔ
1
why bother?
2
is it worth the trouble?
刻苦
kè kǔ
1
hardworking
2
assiduous
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
1
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
2
with difficulty
3
after some effort
受苦
shòu kǔ
1
to suffer hardship
吃苦
chī kǔ
1
to bear hardships
命苦
mìng kǔ
1
to be born under an ill star
哀愁
āi chóu
1
sorrow
2
sadness
3
distressed
4
sorrowful
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
1
melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
愁
chóu
1
to worry about
忧愁
yōu chóu
1
to be worried
发愁
fā chóu
1
to worry
2
to fret
3
to be anxious
4
to become sad
艰苦
jiān kǔ
1
difficult
2
hard
3
arduous
苦力
kǔ lì
1
bitter work
2
hard toil
3
(loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
苦命
kǔ mìng
1
hard lot
2
bitter fate
3
unfortunate
苦工
kǔ gōng
1
hard labor (in penal code)
2
coolie
苦心
kǔ xīn
1
painstaking effort
2
to take a lot of trouble
3
laborious at pains
苦闷
kǔ mèn
1
depressed
2
dejected
3
feeling low
Idioms
(20)
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
1
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
1
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
2
dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
1
to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
1
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
2
to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
1
to mull over (idiom)
2
to think long and hard
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
1
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
2
hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
1
to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
2
with difficulty
3
after some effort
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
1
to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
2
incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
1
to whine on for days (idiom)
2
to endlessly grumble complaints
3
incessant whining
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
1
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
1
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
2
for better or for worse
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
1
to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
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
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
2
unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
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
sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
1
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
2
to make an all-out effort
3
up to the neck in work
坚苦卓绝
jiān kǔ zhuó jué
1
persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
1
melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
1
much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
1
solitary and impoverished (idiom)
小洞不堵,大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
1
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
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