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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苦* | 苦* | *苦
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *痛* | 痛* | *痛
ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly
HSK 3
to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
HSK 2
to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain)
HSK 4
(of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme
HSK 4
pain / suffering / painful / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
pain (from wound) / sorrow
(interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc) / Oh my! / Uh-oh! / Ah! / Ouch!
pain / (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain
HSK 6
to relieve pain / analgesic
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楚* | 楚* | *楚
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
to suppress pain
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
keenly felt pain / bitter anguish
to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain
an analgesic / pain killer
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
hey / ow / ouch / interjection of pain or surprise
(slang) ball-breaking / pain in the ass
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic
to stand firm / to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
painless; pain-free
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那)
physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer
interjection of surprise or pain / Oh / Ow / My goodness!
to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes)
(of pain or hardship) hard to bear
to feel distressed about sth / heartache / cardiac pain
(dialect) nuisance / pain
sense of pain
disagreeable / hateful / a pain in the neck
method of relieving pain
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM)
better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
pain point; sore point
acute pain / sharp pain / twinge / stab / pang
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment
burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain
pain and itch / sufferings / importance / consequence
chronic pain
pain and difficulties / suffering (of the people)
localized pain disorder (in Chinese medicine) / arthralgia syndrome / bi disorder
long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
pain from a wound
annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck
sharp pain
interjection of pain or surprise / also written 哎喲|哎哟
pain / anguish / suffering
sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛
suffering / misery / pain (esp. psychological)
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦
to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience
(coll.) fussbudget / pain in the ass
to annoy people / to be a pain in the neck
to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
burning pain
to throb with pain / throbbing pain / twang / pang / CL: 陣|阵
stabbing pain / intermittent flash of pain
(coll.) fussbudget / pain in the ass
(medicine) tenderness; pain experienced when touched or palpated
pain / suffering
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
bellyache / stomach pain
chest pain / chest distress
burning pain
hidden anguish; secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain
carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve) / median neuropathy at the wrist
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *痌* | 痌* | *痌
moaning in pain
terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
parting sorrow / pain of separation


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