(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦
八苦八苦ba1 ku3
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
白胸苦恶鸟白胸苦惡鳥bai2 xiong1 ku3 e4 niao3
(bird species of China) white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.; Repent and ye shall be saved!
苦寒苦寒ku3 han2
bitter cold
苦活苦活ku3 huo2
bitter work; sweated labor
苦活儿苦活兒ku3 huo2 er5
erhua variant of 苦活
苦集灭道苦集滅道ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道; also called 四諦|四谛
苦谏苦諫ku3 jian4
to admonish strenuously
苦尽甘来苦盡甘來ku3 jin4 gan1 lai2
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
苦境苦境ku3 jing4
grievance; dire straits
苦菊苦菊ku3 ju2
endive
苦苣苦苣ku3 ju4
endive
苦口苦口ku3 kou3
lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口); fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
苦口婆心苦口婆心ku3 kou3 po2 xin1
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
苦苦苦苦ku3 ku3
strenuously; persistently; hard; painful
苦苦哀求苦苦哀求ku3 ku3 ai1 qiu2
to entreat piteously; to implore
苦况苦況ku3 kuang4
wretched state; miserable plight
苦劳苦勞ku3 lao2
toil; hard work
苦力苦力ku3 li4
bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
苦练苦練ku3 lian4
to train hard; to practice diligently; hard work; blood, sweat, and tears
苦楝苦楝ku3 lian4
chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
苦苓苦苓ku3 ling2
chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
苦荬菜苦蕒菜ku3 mai3 cai4
Ixeris denticulata
苦闷苦悶ku3 men4
depressed; dejected; feeling low
苦命苦命ku3 ming4
hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate
苦难苦難ku3 nan4
suffering
苦难深重苦難深重ku3 nan4 shen1 zhong4
deep grief; extensive sorrow
苦恼苦惱ku3 nao3
vexed; distressed
苦情苦情ku3 qing2
wretched situation; plight; wretched; miserable
苦趣苦趣ku3 qu4
wretched feelings (opposite: 樂趣|乐趣, delight)
苦日子苦日子ku3 ri4 zi5
hard times
苦肉计苦肉計ku3 rou4 ji4
the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence
苦涩苦澀ku3 se4
bitter and astringent; pained; agonized
苦参苦參ku3 shen1
liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM
苦事苦事ku3 shi4
hard job; arduous task
苦水苦水ku3 shui3
bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates); suffering; digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth; fig. bitter complaint
苦思苦思ku3 si1
to think hard; bitter thoughts; to pour out one's sufferings
苦思冥想苦思冥想ku3 si1 ming2 xiang3
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard; to rack one's brains
苦痛苦痛ku3 tong4
pain; suffering
苦头苦頭ku3 tou5
sufferings
苦味苦味ku3 wei4
bitter taste; bitterness
苦笑苦笑ku3 xiao4
to force a smile; a bitter laugh
苦心苦心ku3 xin1
painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
苦心孤诣苦心孤詣ku3 xin1 gu1 yi4
to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at sth
苦心经营苦心經營ku3 xin1 jing1 ying2
to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
苦行苦行ku3 xing2
ascetic practice
苦刑苦刑ku3 xing2
torture; corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
苦行赎罪苦行贖罪ku3 xing2 shu2 zui4
penance (to atone for a sin)
苦杏仁苷苦杏仁苷ku3 xing4 ren2 gan1
amygdalin
苦窑苦窯ku3 yao2
(slang) prison
苦役苦役ku3 yi4
forced labor; corvée; penal servitude
苦因苦因ku3 yin1
affliction
苦战苦戰ku3 zhan4
bitter struggle; hard battle; arduous effort
苦蘵苦蘵ku3 zhi2
cutleaf ground-cherry; Physalis angulata
苦衷苦衷ku3 zhong1
secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties
苦中作乐苦中作樂ku3 zhong1 zuo4 le4
to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
苦竹苦竹ku3 zhu2
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
苦主苦主ku3 zhu3
victim's family (esp. in murder case)
困苦困苦kun4 ku3
deprivation; distressed; miserable
劳苦勞苦lao2 ku3
to toil; hard work
劳心苦思勞心苦思lao2 xin1 ku3 si1
to rack one's brains; to think hard
离苦得乐離苦得樂li2 ku3 de2 le4
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
良工心苦良工心苦liang2 gong1 xin1 ku3
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill; A masterpiece demands suffering.
良苦用心良苦用心liang2 ku3 yong4 xin1
to ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth
良药苦口良藥苦口liang2 yao4 ku3 kou3
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
氯化苦氯化苦lv4 hua4 ku3
chloropicrin
埋头苦干埋頭苦幹mai2 tou2 ku3 gan4
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
卖苦力賣苦力mai4 ku3 li4
to make a hard living as unskilled laborer
冥思苦索冥思苦索ming2 si1 ku3 suo3
to mull over (idiom); to think long and hard
冥思苦想冥思苦想ming2 si1 ku3 xiang3
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard; to rack one's brains