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

experience an undesirable outcome, to know suffering

知道悽慘

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。

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。

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?

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

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

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

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

willing to endure hardship

肯吃苦

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

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。

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

lament, cry to heaven, to mouth complaints about hardships

叫苦連天

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

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

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

tok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tok [[...]] 

poison, toxin, venom, harm, malice, spite, poisonous, noxious, venomous, malicious, malevolent

毒

• hextok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: he'tok [[...]] 
  administer poison secretly
  下毒

• kaytok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'tok [[...]] 
  counteract poison
  解毒

• khoftok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khor'tok [[...]] 
  treat harshly and severely, as some women do to female slaves or stepchildren
  虐待

• oktok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: og'tok [[...]] 
  brutal, cruel, malicious, atrocious
  惡毒

• siautok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaw'tok [[...]] 
  counteract poison, to sterilize
  消毒

• tiorngtok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tioxng'tok [[...]] 
  take poison accidentally, be (get) poisoned
  中毒

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