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bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / painstaking  1
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遭遇zāoto meet with / to encounter / (bitter) experience  3
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苦笑xiàoto force a smile / a bitter laugh  
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thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion  
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辛酸xīnsuānpungent (taste) / bitter / fig. sad / miserable  
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冷笑lěngxiàoto sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile  
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苦澀bitter and astringent / pained / agonized 苦涩
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五味wèithe five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors  
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慘痛cǎntòngbitter / painful / deeply distressed 惨痛
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慘烈cǎnlièbitter / desperate 惨烈
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酸甜苦辣suāntiánsour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot / fig. the joys and sorrows of life  
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苦瓜guābitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)  
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苦命mìnghard lot / bitter fate  
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苦戰zhànbitter struggle / hard battle / arduous effort 苦战
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苦水shuǐbitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint  
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嚴寒yánhánbitter cold / severe winter 严寒4
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沉痛chéntònggrief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences)  4
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苦味wèibitter taste / bitterness  
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吐苦水shuǐto have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings  
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嚴酷yánbitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) 严酷
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五香xiāngfive spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)  
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苦果guǒlit. bitter fruit / fig. painful consequence  
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苦力bitter work / hard toil / coolie (English is loan word), unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times  
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叫苦jiàoto whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble  
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苦思to think hard / bitter thoughts / to pour out one's sufferings  
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痛哭流涕tòngliúweeping bitter tears  
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鏖戰áozhànbitter fighting / a violent battle 鏖战
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氣不過buguòso angry it's unbearable / bitter about unbearable grievances 气不过
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拼到底pīndàoto brave it out / to the bitter end  
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苦口kǒulit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)  
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含辛茹苦hánxīnto suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship / to bear one's cross  
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苦寒hánbitter cold  
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有苦說不出yǒushuōbuchūhaving 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
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切膚之痛qièzhītòngkeenly felt pain / bitter anguish 切肤之痛
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良藥苦口liángyàokǒugood medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow 良药苦口
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苦甘gānbitter sweet  
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苦竹zhúbitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)  
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仇隙chóufeud / bitter quarrel  
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tánbitter taste in wine / rich / full flavored  
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慘笑cǎnxiàobitter smile 惨笑
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鹹澀xiánsalty and bitter / acerbic 咸涩
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苦活huóbitter work / sweated labor  
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苦菜花càihuāBitter 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  
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逆耳之言​'ěrzhīyánspeech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)  
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啞巴吃黃連,有苦說不出bachīhuánglián​, yǒushuōbuchūto 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
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冷話lěnghuàharsh words / sarcasm / bitter remarks 冷话
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茹苦含辛hánxīnbitter hardship / to bear one's cross  
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馮德英 FéngyīngFeng Deying (1935-), socialist realist novelist, author of Bitter cauliflower 苦菜花 (1954) 冯德英
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苦活兒​huór​erhua variant of 苦活, bitter work / sweated labor 苦活儿
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嘴甜心苦zuǐtiánxīnsweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery  
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切骨之仇qièzhīchóubitter hatred / hatred that cuts to the bone  
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食荼臥棘shíto eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people 食荼卧棘
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苦不唧兒bu​jīr​erhua variant of 苦不唧, slightly bitter 苦不唧儿
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苦不唧buslightly bitter  
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色字頭上一把刀tóushàngdāolit. 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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