to suffer from (a disadvantage)
1. to force a smile2. a bitter laugh
to make nothing of hardships
苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái HSK 7–9 bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
1. forced labor2. corvée3. penal servitude
艰苦奋斗 艱苦奮鬥 jiān kǔ fèn dòu HSK 7–9 to struggle arduously
1. hard work2. laborious effort3. painstaking work
1. bitter work2. sweated labor
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
1. good times and hardships2. joys and tribulations3. for better or for worse
1. to whine about hardships2. to complain of one's bitter lot3. to complain4. to grumble+1 条 1. to think hard2. bitter thoughts3. to pour out one's sufferings
(idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains
(idiom) great bitterness and deep hatred; deeply ingrained long-standing resentment
1. to ponder earnestly2. to give a lot of thought to sth
1. torture2. corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
1. bitter taste2. bitterness
1. to study diligently2. to train assiduously
1. grievance2. dire straits
to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM
1. (old) the family of the victim in a murder case2. (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc)3. (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit
1. to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble2. to work hard at sth
1. destitute but honest2. poor and simple3. spartan4. austere+1 条 1. to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly2. incessant grievances
1. to treat (sb) unjustly2. anguish caused by an injustice
1. pains (of illness)2. sufferings (esp. in Buddhism)
1. lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良药苦口)2. fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
1. wretched situation2. plight3. wretched4. miserable+1 条 chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
1. wretched state2. miserable plight
to endure (years of suffering)
bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)
1. wormwood2. Artemisia absinthium
to pour out one's grievances