吃苦 chīkǔ eat hard

何苦 hékǔ why

疾苦 jíkǔ woe

艰苦 jiānkǔ gruelling; hard; strenuous

刻苦 kèkǔ assiduity; assiduous; assiduously; hard work

苦工 kǔgōng drudgery

苦瓜 kǔguā bitter gourd

苦苦 kǔ kǔ hard

苦练 kǔliàn slaved

苦闷 kǔmèn depressed

苦命 kǔmìng hard work

苦难 kǔnán misery; sufferings; tribulation

苦难 kǔnàn suffering

苦恼 kǔnǎo annoys; distressed

苦涩 kǔsè agonised; agonized; anguished; bitter

苦痛 kǔtòng pain

苦味 kǔwèi bitterness; bitters

苦笑 kǔxiào wry smile; wryly

苦战 kǔzhàn plod

困苦 kùnkǔ hardship; privation; straitened

劳苦 láokǔ travail

千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ hard work

受苦 shòukǔ suffer

诉苦 sùkǔ complain

酸甜苦辣 suāntiánkǔlà ups and downs

痛苦 tòngkǔ affliction; agonising; agonizing; anguish; pain; painfully; smarting; wrenching

辛苦 xīnkǔ exhausting; hard; toiled

辛辛苦苦 xīn xīnkǔ kǔ hard work

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