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- (像胆汁或黄连的味道) bitter:
This medicine tastes very bitter.
这药苦极了。
- (难受的; 痛苦的) painful; hard:
distressed looks; have a worried look
愁眉苦脸
- (除去得太多; 损耗太过) (cut off) too much:
trim one's nails too short;
指甲剪得太苦
The trees are overpruned.
树枝修得太苦了。
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- (难受; 痛苦) hardship; suffering; pain:
bear [fear] hardship;
吃 [怕]苦
be born in misery but brought up in happiness;
苦里生,甜里长
- (姓氏) a surname:
Ku Zhuo
苦灼
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- (使痛苦; 使难受) cause sb. suffering; give sb. a hard time:
This matter really gave him a hard time.
这事可苦了他了。
- (苦于) suffer from; be troubled by:
suffer from drought
苦旱
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- (有耐心地; 尽力地) painstakingly; doing one's utmost:
study hard;
苦读
try hard to ask sb. to stay;
苦留