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baithiøo khofkaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'thiøo khor'kaxn [[...]] 

work with full effort while ignoring other people's criticisms (Lit. bury one's head in a book)

埋頭苦幹

boafnlieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'lieen [[...]] 

old, late in life

晚年

• Y boafnlieen ee seng'oah cyn kankhor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y boarn'lieen ee sefng'oah cyn kafn'khor. [[...]] 
  His later life was very difficult.
  他的晚年生活很痛苦。

zaikhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'khor [[...]] 

experience an undesirable outcome, to know suffering

知道悽慘

zhengkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'khor [[...]] 

poor but clean and honest

清苦

chiensyn baxnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'syn ban'khor [[...]] 

suffer or undergo all conceivable hardship to accomplish something

千辛萬苦

• Chiensyn baxnkhor uixtiøh kviar kaq bor, zongsay zongtafng uixtiøh thad zhuiekhafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor ui'tiøh kviar kaq bor, zoong'say zoong'tafng ui'tiøh thad zhuix'khafng. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand difficulties for the sake of wife and children. Run around all over from east to west just to keep food in the mouth.)
  千辛萬苦為著妻與子,奔東奔西為著渡日子。

• Chiensyn baxnkhor, lorng si uixtiøh cid ee paktor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor, lorng si ui'tiøh cid ee pag'tor. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand hardships, all for the sake of this belly.)
  千辛萬苦,都是為了這個肚子。

chiubii khofliern [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuu'bii khor'liern [[...]] 

sad look, distressed expression

愁眉苦臉

chiukhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuu'khor [[...]] 

distress, misery

愁苦

ciaqkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'khor [[...]] 

bear hardship

吃苦

• Kherng ciaqkhor ciaq øe zhutthauthvy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kherng ciah'khor ciaq e zhud'thaau'thvy.; Kherng ciah'khor ciaq øe zhud'thaau'thvy. [[...]] 
  If you are willing to endure hardships you will succeed.
  肯吃苦才會出頭天。

cym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cym [[...]] 

kiss

吻,親

• Lie ee bin ciahnih lahsab, goar mxkvar ka lie cym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ee bin ciaq'nih laq'sab, goar m'kvar ka lie cym. [[...]] 
  Your face is so dirty, I don't dare kiss you.
  你的臉這麼髒,我不敢吻你。

• cimzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cym'zhuix; (cym zhuix'tuun) [[...]] 
  kiss the lips
  親嘴

• cym zhuiephea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cym zhuix'phea [[...]] 
  kiss the cheek
  親面頰

• cym chiwcie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cym chiuo'cie [[...]] 
  kiss the Bishop's ring
  吻戒指

• cym khofsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cym khor'siong [[...]] 
  kiss the crucifix
  親苦像

cidkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'khor [[...]] 

suffering especially under an oppressive government

疾苦

cit laang kankhor cit viu, bøo laang kankhor siøf chinchviu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit laang kafn'khor cit viu, bøo laang kafn'khor siøf chyn'chviu. [[...]] 

Each person has his own problems. No two people's sufferings are the same.

家家有本難念的經。

zubi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zw'bi [[...]] 

the flavor (of food, poetry) taste, flavor

滋味

• Gyn'ar ciah liao zay zubi, khaux bøeq køq ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Girn'nar ciah liao zay zw'bi, khaux boeq køq ciah.; Girn'ar ciah liao zay zw'bi, khaux bøeq køq ciah. [[...]] 
  When a child tastes the flavor of food, he cries to eat some more.
  小孩吃了嚐到滋味,哭著想再吃。

• siuxkhor ee zubi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'khor ee zw'bi [[...]] 
  too sour a taste
  受苦的滋味

gegnie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gek'nie [[...]] 

grate on the ears (of statements), hard to listen to

逆耳

• Liong'iøh khofkhao, tionggieen gegnie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lioong'iøh khor'khao, tiofng'gieen gek'nie. [[...]] 
  Good medicine is bitter, faithful words offend the ear.
  良藥苦口,忠言逆耳。

hiarmkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaxm'khor; (kiøx'khor) [[...]] 

complain about hardships loudly, broadcast one's grievances

喊苦,叫苦

kiørkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiøx'khor; (hiaxm'khor) [[...]] 

complain about hardships loudly, broadcast one's grievances

喊苦,叫苦

høkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: høo'khor [[...]] 

Why take so much trouble to…

何苦

hømihkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: høo'miq'khor [[...]] 

why bother, quite unnecessarily

何苦

• Khix kaq hiaq hng ho laang chviar, nar tiøh hiahnih hømihkhor? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khix kaq hiaq hng ho laang chviar, nar tiøh hiaq'nih høo'miq'khor? [[...]] 
  Why bother to go that far for a dinner invitation?
  去那麼遠給人請,何苦?

hoaxnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoan'khor [[...]] 

distress, adversity, suffering

患苦

hongsofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'sofng [[...]] 

hardships (wind and frost)

風霜

• siu hongsofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu hofng'sofng [[...]] 
  go through hardships, to struggle with difficulties
  受風霜

• hongsofng cikhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'sofng cy'khor [[...]] 
  go through hardships, struggle with
  風霜之苦

huiecin khofsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huix'cin'khor'sym; huix'cin khor'sym [[...]] 

exhaust all one's efforts

費盡苦心

ioxngsym liongkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong'sym lioong'khor [[...]] 

well-intentioned but little understood

用心良苦

iukhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'khor [[...]] 

bitter grief

憂苦

jymsiu thorngkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jirm'siu thoxng'khor [[...]] 

endure suffering patiently

忍受痛苦

kakgo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kag'go; (kag'gvo) [[...]] 

Original meaning — roused to a comprehension (of one's failing). Be prepared (ready) for, be resolved to do, make up one's mind to do, be resigned

覺悟

• Yn kakgo bøeq ui seakaix ee høpeeng ciernzefng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn kag'go boeq ui sex'kaix ee høo'peeng ciexn'zefng.; Yn kag'go bøeq ui sex'kaix ee høo'peeng ciexn'zefng. [[...]] 
  They are ready to fight for the world peace.
  他們覺悟要為世界的和平而戰。

• Goar khvoax bøo bang af, lirn taixkef tiøh kakgo . [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar khvoax bøo bang af, lirn tai'kef tiøh kag'go . [[...]] 
  I think we have no ray of hope. All of you must be resolved to meet the worst (as those on a lifeboat).
  我看沒有希望了,你們要覺悟。

• Bøeq zøx kunjiin ee laang, tiøh kakgo khekkhor naixløo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq zøx kwn'jiin ee laang, tiøh kag'go kheg'khor nai'løo.; Bøeq zøx/zøex kwn'jiin ee laang, tiøh kag'go kheg'khor nai'løo. [[...]] 
  One who is going to be a soldier must be ready for hardships and privations.
  要當軍人的人,得覺悟要刻苦耐勞。

kamgoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafm'goan [[...]] 

willing(ly), contentedly

甘願

• kamgoan siuxkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafm'goan siu'khor [[...]] 
  submit oneself to hardships
  甘願受苦

kamkhor pixsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafm'khor pi'sioong [[...]] 

have tasted both sweetness and bitterness — have known both happiness and suffering

甘苦備嘗

kamkoef khoftix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafm'koef khor'tix [[...]] 

Nothing is perfect. Good advice is never pleasant it hear. (Lit. sweet melon with a bitter stem, good medicine is bitter — a flaw in a precious stone, a fly in the ointment.)

甘瓜苦蒂,良藥苦口

kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor [[...]] 

hardships, suffering, misery, difficult, troublesome, irksome

艱苦,痛苦,困難

• kankhor zøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor zøx [[...]] 
  difficult to do
  難做

• kankhor korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor korng [[...]] 
  difficult or troublesome to talk about
  難說

• laang cyn kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang cyn kafn'khor [[...]] 
  be sick
  人很不舒服

• seng'oah kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'oah kafn'khor [[...]] 
  be in needy circumstances
  生活艱苦

• kankhoflaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor'laang [[...]] 
  poor person
  窮人

kankhor-zexkoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor'ze'koax; kafn'khor-ze'koax [[...]] 

unwilling

心不甘情不願

kankhor pixsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor pi'sioong [[...]] 

have experienced all sorts of hardships

艱苦備嘗

kanlaan khurnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'laan khuxn'khor [[...]] 

grave difficulties or hardships

艱難困苦

kangthogsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'thok'sefng; (khor'hak'sefng) [[...]] 

self-supporting student

工讀生(苦學生)

khatkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khad'khor [[...]] 

compel or constrain oneself to go

勉強

• khatkhor zøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khad'khor zøx; khad'khor zøx/zøex [[...]] 
  constrain oneself to do something
  勉強做

• khatkhor ciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khad'khor ciah [[...]] 
  compel oneself to eat
  勉強吃

• khatkhor thak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khad'khor thak [[...]] 
  constrained to study (as Taiwanese)
  勉強讀

khaokhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'khor [[...]] 

complain of hardship, grumble

叫苦

khekkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'khor [[...]] 

extremely laborious and economical

克苦

khekkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'khor [[...]] 

oppressive, suffer hardship, endure hardships

刻苦

• khekkhor naixløo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'khor nai'løo [[...]] 
  endure hardship, work hard without complaint
  刻苦耐勞

kherng ciaqkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kherng ciah'khor [[...]] 

willing to endure hardship

肯吃苦

khiaukhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaau'khor [[...]] 

find fault (pick a quarrel) with a person, take advantage of a man's necessities and make an unreasonable demand

為難,刁難

khinkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiin'khor; khiin/khuun'khor [[...]] 

work sedulously in defiance of hardships

勤苦

khor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor [[...]] 

bitter, sorrow, suffering, painstaking, difficult, miserable, feel miserable about

苦

• Øe khor bøe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: E khor be?; Øe khor bøe? [[...]] 
  Does it taste bitter?
  苦嗎?

khofaftef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'ar'tef [[...]] 

deep fry food (wrap with moist powder), tempura

用米漿把食物包起來再油炸(外來語)

khofbøexliao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'be'liao; khor'bøe'liao [[...]] 

miserable fate during one's whole life

一生都是苦命

khofbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'bun [[...]] 

agony, anguish, be in agony (anguish), written with pain

苦悶

khofzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'zeeng [[...]] 

hardship

苦情

khofchiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'chiøx [[...]] 

smile grimly, force a smile, a forced smile

苦笑

khofzhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'zhor [[...]] 

hardship

苦楚

khofzhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'zhud [[...]] 

tragedy (play)

悲劇

khofciexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'ciexn [[...]] 

desperate battle, have a tough game

苦戰

khor cin kafm laai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor cin kafm laai [[...]] 

The happy sunny days are coming after all the hardship endured.

苦盡甘來

khofzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'zuo [[...]] 

victim of robbery or theft, bereaved family of a murdered person

苦主

khofgieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'gieen [[...]] 

earnest and faithful remonstrance, candid advice

苦言

khofhae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'hae [[...]] 

bitter sea, this miserable world, this vale of tears

苦海

khofhae bupiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'hae buu'piefn [[...]] 

boundless sea of hardship — boundless hardship (lit.)

苦海無邊

khofhak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'hak [[...]] 

work one's way through school

苦學

khofheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'heeng [[...]] 

torture

苦刑

khofheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'heng [[...]] 

ascetic practices, penance

苦行

• siw khofheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw khor'heng [[...]] 
  practice asceticism
  修苦行

khofiah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'iah [[...]] 

hard labor, drudgery, penal servitude

苦役

khofiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'iøh [[...]] 

bitter medicine

苦藥

khofjiok-kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'jiok'kex; khor'jiok-kex [[...]] 

do injury to oneself in order to deceive the enemy

苦肉計

khofkafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'kafm [[...]] 

bitter with sweet

苦味中帶有甘味

khofkafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'kafng [[...]] 

hard labor

苦工

khofkerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'kerng [[...]] 

distressing circumstances

苦境

khofkhao pøsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'khao pøo'sym [[...]] 

exhort or remonstrate with earnest words prompted by a kind heart

苦口婆心

khofkhngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'khngx [[...]] 

earnest exhortations, advise, exhort very earnestly

苦勸

• Y bøo (bøeq) thviaf goar ee khofkhngx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bøo (boeq) thviaf goar ee khor'khngx.; Y bøo (bøeq) thviaf goar ee khor'khngx. [[...]] 
  He did not listen to my advice.
  他不聽我的苦勸。

• khofkhngx y kutlat thagzheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'khngx y kud'lat thak'zheq [[...]] 
  exhort him to study hard
  苦勸他努力讀書。

khofkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'khor [[...]] 

taste bitter

味道很苦

khofkhor aikiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'khor ay'kiuu [[...]] 

implore urgently

苦苦哀求

khofkoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'koef [[...]] 

bitter melon

苦瓜

khoflan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'lan [[...]] 

great misery, suffering, hardship

苦難

• Iasof ui jinlui siuxcin khoflan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iaa'sof ui jiin'lui siu'cin khor'lan. [[...]] 
  Jesus suffered many hardships for mankind.
  耶穌為人類受盡苦難。

Khoflan Zwjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khor'lan Zuo'jit [[...]] 

Passion Sunday (Catholic)

苦難主日

khoflek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'lek [[...]] 

coolie labor, hard work, strenuous effort (English word, "coolie", transliterated from the Chinese)

苦力

khoflien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'lien [[...]] 

strenuous training, heavy workouts

苦練

khofløo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'løo [[...]] 

labor

苦勞

khofløar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'løo'ar; (khof'løo'ar) [[...]] 

servant

差役,傭人

khoflo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'lo [[...]] 

Way of the Cross (Catholic)

苦路

• Paix khoflo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Paix khor'lo [[...]] 
  Make the Stations (Catholic)
  拜苦路

khofloaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'loaan [[...]] 

difficult love

苦戀

khof'mia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'mia [[...]] 

hard lot

苦命

khof'mng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'mngg'ar; (khor'moo'ar) [[...]] 

downy hair, silky tresses

汗毛,乳毛

khof'mo'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'moo'ar [[...]] 

fine hair on human body

汗毛

khofnao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'nao [[...]] 

misery, distress, trouble

苦惱,可惡

khofphøe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'phoee'ar; khor'phøee'ar [[...]] 

epidermis

表皮

khofsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'sie [[...]] 

die of vexation

痛苦而死

khofsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'sym [[...]] 

efforts, hard application, hard work, do one's best, make every possible effort

苦心

khofsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'siong [[...]] 

crucifix (Catholic)

苦像

khor siong kaf khor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor siong kaf khor [[...]] 

bring additional pain

苦上加苦

Khofsiu'hoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khor'siw'hoe [[...]] 

Passionists (Catholic)

苦修會

khoftvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'tvar [[...]] 

bile

苦膽

khofthak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'thak [[...]] 

study with much toil, pain, difficulty, exhaustion or hardship

苦讀

khofthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'thaau [[...]] 

have tasted some bitter experience

苦頭

khofthiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'thiofng; (khor'tiofng) [[...]] 

reason or motive not easily understood by others

苦衷

khoftiofng zoklok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'tiofng zog'lok [[...]] 

find joy amid hardship

苦中作樂

khoftvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'tvoax [[...]] 

actress who plays a tragic part

苦旦,青衣

khoftok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'tok [[...]] 

treat (a slave or stepchild) with cruelty

虐待

khurnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khuxn'khor [[...]] 

hardship, distress, misery, miserable

困苦

khunkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khuun'khor; (khiin'khor) [[...]] 

very diligent and laborious

勤苦

kiamsngkhofcviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiaam'sngf'khor'cviar [[...]] 

life is hard

比喻生活很苦

kiørkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiøx'khor [[...]] 

cry out with pain or grief, complain about hardship

叫苦

kiørkhor lienthiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiøx'khor lieen'thiefn [[...]] 

lament, cry to heaven, to mouth complaints about hardships

叫苦連天

kiuokhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiux'khor [[...]] 

help needy

救苦

ko'khor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'khor [[...]] 

alone and helpless

孤苦

koef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koef; (koaf) [[...]] 

melon, pumpkin, cucumber, squash

瓜

• amkoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afm'koef [[...]] 
  big, long cucumber
  胡瓜

• bogkoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'koef [[...]] 
  papaya
  木瓜

• zhaekoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'koef [[...]] 
  long, soft cucumber
  絲瓜

• chiekoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chix'koef [[...]] 
  cucumber
  大黃瓜,刺瓜

• khofkoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'koef [[...]] 
  rough, bitter cucumber
  苦瓜

• kimkoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'koef [[...]] 
  pumpkin
  南瓜

• lai'afkoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laai'ar'koef [[...]] 
  musk melons
  香瓜

• sikoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sy'koef [[...]] 
  water-melon
  西瓜

køeajit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'jit; køex'jit [[...]] 

pass (spend) the day, to live

過日子,度日

• kankhor køeajit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor koex'jit; kafn'khor køex'jit [[...]] 
  make a bare living
  艱苦過日子

• limciuo koeajit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lym'ciuo koex'jit [[...]] 
  spend the day drinking liquor
  飲酒度日

lan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lan [[...]] 

hardship, pain, affliction, suffering, distress, trouble

難

• zailan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'lan [[...]] 
  calamity, disasters — flood, fire, famine, oppressive government
  災難

• hoaxnlan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoan'lan [[...]] 
  calamity, affliction, be suffered
  患難

• khoflan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'lan [[...]] 
  great misery, suffering, hardship
  苦難

lankhafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laan'khafm [[...]] 

intolerable, unbearable

難堪

• siuxkhor lankhafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'khor laan'khafm [[...]] 
  suffering bitterly things that are hard to bear
  受苦難堪

legcin sinkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lek'cin syn'khor [[...]] 

have experienced all sorts of difficulties

歷盡辛苦

lienthiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lieen'thiefn [[...]] 

stab deep into the sky (said of high mountains), continuously (especially said of complaining), the sound of battle) shakes the sky, for several days in a row, (the distant horizon) merges with the sky

連天

• kiørkhor lienthiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiøx'khor lieen'thiefn [[...]] 
  be full of complaints, mouth complaints about hardships
  叫苦連天

liabliap kay sinkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liap'liap kay syn'khor [[...]] 

Every (rice) grain is the product of toil, to work assiduously for (a farmer)

粒粒皆辛苦

liong'iøh khofkhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lioong'iøh khor'khao [[...]] 

Good medicines are bitter to the mouth. (literally) — Good advice is never pleasant to the ear.

良藥苦口

løkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'khor [[...]] 

toil, labor, efforts, fatigue, affliction

勞苦

• putsii løkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'sii løo'khor [[...]] 
  not afraid of toil, indefatigable
  不辭勞苦

nao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nao [[...]] 

vexed, grieved, irritated, to dislike, anger

惱

• aonao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aux'nao [[...]] 
  displeased and vexed, impatient and displeased
  懊惱

• khofnao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'nao [[...]] 
  distressed, agony, affliction, anguish
  苦惱

paix khoflo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paix khor'lo [[...]] 

make the Way of Cross (Catholic)

拜苦路

paix khofsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paix khor'siong [[...]] 

veneration of the Cross (Catholic)

拜苦像

pvexkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pve'khor; pve/pvi'khor [[...]] 

illness

病苦

phunphøf løkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phwn'phøf løo'khor [[...]] 

the toil and anxiety of life

奔波勞苦

pinkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piin'khor [[...]] 

poverty and hardship, poor, destitute

貧苦

poadsiap løkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poat'siap løo'khor [[...]] 

hardships of travel

跋涉勞苦

putbuu sinkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'buu syn'khor [[...]] 

it was very difficult, takes a lot of trouble

不無辛苦

putsii løkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'sii løo'khor [[...]] 

not shirking any trouble or inconvenience

不辭勞苦

putsii sinkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'sii syn'khor [[...]] 

work with all out effort, leave no stone unturned

不辭辛苦

Serngbør chitkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sexng'bør chid'khor [[...]] 

The Seven Dolors (Catholic)

聖母七苦

simlai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'lai [[...]] 

in one's heart, in one's mind, mentally

心裏,內心

• simlai cyn kankhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'lai cyn kafn'khor [[...]] 
  very deeply distressed in heart
  心裏很難過

sinkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'khor [[...]] 

hardship, bitter experience, toilsome, laborious

辛苦

• Ho lie cyn sinkhor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ho lie cyn syn'khor. [[...]] 
  have troubled you!
  讓你太辛苦了!

sinkhor pvexthviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'khor pve'thviax [[...]] 

sickness and suffering

身苦病痛

sinsyn khofkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'syn khor'khor [[...]] 

laboriously, with great efforts

辛辛苦苦

siuxkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'khor [[...]] 

suffer misery or calamity

受苦

• siu khoflan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu khor'lan [[...]] 
  suffer hardship
  受苦難

• siuxkhor siuxlan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu'khor siu'lan [[...]] 
  suffer all the hardship
  受苦受難

siu thorngkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siu thoxng'khor [[...]] 

undergo pain, suffer pain

受痛苦

sorkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sox'khor [[...]] 

complain about one's grievances, air complaints

訴苦

ta'kef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef [[...]] 

mother-in-law, husband's mother

婆婆

• ta'kef khoftok simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef khor'tok sym'pu [[...]] 
  mother-in-law too hard on the daughter-in-law
  婆婆虐待媳婦

• Ta'kef u zhuix, simpu bøo zhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taf'kef u zhuix, sym'pu bøo zhuix. [[...]] 
  The mother-in-law has the last say in everything, but the daughter-in-law has a say in nothing.
  婆婆有嘴,媳婦無嘴,媳婦總要聽命於婆婆。

tangkhor tangtvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taang'khor taang'tvy; (toong'khor toong'kafm) [[...]] 

sharing each other's fortunes, share the ups and downs of life

同苦同甘

texgek ee efngkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: te'gek ee erng'khor; tøe'gek ee erng'khor [[...]] 

eternal pains of hell

地獄的永苦

thak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thak; (thok) [[...]] 

to read, to study, peruse

讀

• khinthak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiin'thak; khiin/khuun'thak [[...]] 
  study diligently
  勤讀

• khofthak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'thak [[...]] 
  to study with much toil, difficulty, exhaustion or pain, be a poor student undergoing great hardships
  苦讀

thiøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiøo; (thaau) [[...]] 

head, top, chief, first, best, beginning

頭

• baithiøo khofkaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'thiøo khor'kaxn [[...]] 
  bury oneself in work
  埋頭苦幹

• samthiøo liogpix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'thiøo liok'pix [[...]] 
  resourceful and capable man who, figuratively speaking, has three heads and six arms to use
  三頭六臂

thorngkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoxng'khor [[...]] 

pain, agony, torment

痛苦

Thorngkhor Goxtoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thoxng'khor Go'toafn [[...]] 

Five Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary (Catholic)

痛苦五端

tvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvy; (tiaam) [[...]] 

sweet, agreeable, pleasant

甜

• kamtvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafm'tvy [[...]] 
  sweet
  甘甜

• tangkhor tangtvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taang'khor taang'tvy [[...]] 
  sharing each other's fortunes, share the ups and downs of life
  同甘共苦

tvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvoax; (taxn) [[...]] 

actor who takes the part of a female, female role in Chinese opera, female character in a play

旦

• bwtvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo'tvoax [[...]] 
  actors who take the parts of female warriors, character of a female warrior
  武旦

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