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kǔ

HSK 4 adjective

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Meaning 释义

  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly

Definition data: CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0

In real sentences 真实例句

人rén不要bùyào怕pà苦kǔ，要yào苦kǔ中zhōng进取jìnqǔ。

Don't fear hardship; strive for progress in adversity.

Tatoeba #1476761

他tā一生yīshēng为wèi急性jíxìng疼痛téngtòng所suǒ苦kǔ。

He's suffering from acute pain in his life.

Tatoeba #781087

小xiǎo洞dòng及时jíshí补bǔ，免遭miǎnzāo大dà洞dòng苦kǔ。

A stitch in time saves nine.

Tatoeba #806571

这么点zhèmediǎn苦kǔ都dōu吃chī不bù起qǐ！

You can't even bear this little bit of hardship!

Tatoeba #1762973

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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