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Searching for English definition: "bitter" (all words, traditional)

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	Traditional Chinese	Mandarin	English definition	Simplified variant	HSK ?
	苦	kǔ	bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / painstaking		1

	遭遇	zāoyù	to meet with / to encounter / (bitter) experience		3

	苦笑	kǔxiào	to force a smile / a bitter laugh

	荼	tú	thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion

	辛酸	xīnsuān	pungent (taste) / bitter / fig. sad / miserable

	冷笑	lěngxiào	to sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile

	苦澀	kǔsè	bitter and astringent / pained / agonized	苦涩

	五味	wǔwèi	the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹｜咸 / all kinds of flavors

	慘痛	cǎntòng	bitter / painful / deeply distressed	惨痛

	慘烈	cǎnliè	bitter / desperate	惨烈

	酸甜苦辣	suāntiánkǔlà	sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot / fig. the joys and sorrows of life

	苦瓜	kǔguā	bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)

	苦命	kǔmìng	hard lot / bitter fate

	苦戰	kǔzhàn	bitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort	苦战

	苦水	kǔshuǐ	bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint

	嚴寒	yánhán	bitter cold / severe winter	严寒	4

	沉痛	chéntòng	grief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences)		4

	苦味	kǔwèi	bitter taste / bitterness

	吐苦水	tǔkǔshuǐ	to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings

	嚴酷	yánkù	bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition)	严酷

	五香	wǔxiāng	five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)

	苦果	kǔguǒ	lit. bitter fruit / fig. painful consequence

	苦力	kǔlì	bitter work / hard toil / coolie (English is loan word), unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times

	叫苦	jiàokǔ	to whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble

	苦思	kǔsī	to think hard / bitter thoughts / to pour out one's sufferings

	痛哭流涕	tòngkūliútì	weeping bitter tears

	鏖戰	áozhàn	bitter fighting / a violent battle	鏖战

	氣不過	qìbuguò	so angry it's unbearable / bitter about unbearable grievances	气不过

	拼到底	pīndàodǐ	to brave it out / to the bitter end

	苦口	kǔkǒu	lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口｜良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)

	含辛茹苦	hánxīnrúkǔ	to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship / to bear one's cross

	苦寒	kǔhán	bitter cold

	有苦說不出	yǒukǔshuōbuchū	having unspeakable bitter suffering / (often used after 啞巴吃黃連｜哑巴吃黄连 ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2)	有苦说不出

	切膚之痛	qièfūzhītòng	keenly felt pain / bitter anguish	切肤之痛

	良藥苦口	liángyàokǔkǒu	good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow	良药苦口

	苦甘	kǔgān	bitter sweet

	苦竹	kǔzhú	bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)

	仇隙	chóuxì	feud / bitter quarrel

	醰	tán	bitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored

	慘笑	cǎnxiào	bitter smile	惨笑

	鹹澀	xiánsè	salty and bitter / acerbic	咸涩

	苦活	kǔhuó	bitter work / sweated labor

	苦菜花	kǔcàihuā	Bitter cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英｜冯德英 loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang

	逆耳之言	nì'ěrzhīyán	speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)

	啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出	yǎbachīhuánglián, yǒukǔshuōbuchū	to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出｜哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出	哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

	冷話	lěnghuà	harsh words / sarcasm / bitter remarks	冷话

	茹苦含辛	rúkǔhánxīn	bitter hardship / to bear one's cross

	馮德英	Féng Déyīng	Feng Deying (1935-), socialist realist novelist, author of Bitter cauliflower 苦菜花 (1954)	冯德英

	苦活兒	kǔhuór	erhua variant of 苦活, bitter work / sweated labor	苦活儿

	嘴甜心苦	zuǐtiánxīnkǔ	sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery

	切骨之仇	qiègǔzhīchóu	bitter hatred / hatred that cuts to the bone

	食荼臥棘	shítúwòjí	to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people	食荼卧棘

	苦不唧兒	kǔbujīr	erhua variant of 苦不唧, slightly bitter	苦不唧儿

	苦不唧	kǔbujī	slightly bitter

	色字頭上一把刀	sèzìtóushàngyībǎdāo	lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivous activities can lead to bitter consequences	色字头上一把刀

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