suffering

vexed; distressed

sufferings

strenuously; persistently; hard; painful

pain; suffering

secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties

wormwood; Artemisia absinthium

bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times

hard labor (in penal code); coolie

depressed; dejected; feeling low

bitter and astringent; pained; agonized

bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)

lit. sea of bitterness; abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term); depths of misery

see 苦差[ku3 chai1]

to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish

to fight a hard battle; (fig.) to struggle hard

painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains

suffering; misery; pain (esp. psychological)

(old) the family of the victim in a murder case; (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc); (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit

hard job; arduous task

to suffer from (a disadvantage)

wretched state; miserable plight

torture; corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)

hard work; laborious effort; painstaking work

toil; hard work

liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM

lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口); fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)

bitter taste; bitterness

hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate

affliction

grievance; dire straits

suffering; distress

bitter cold

hard task; difficult mission; arduous and unrewarding undertaking; drudgery; grind; chore

to work hard

forced labor; corvée; penal servitude

treat harshly

to think hard; bitter thoughts; to pour out one's sufferings

wretched situation; plight; wretched; miserable

lit. bitter fruit; fig. painful consequence

underlying cause of poverty

chinaberry (Melia azedarach)

bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates); suffering; digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth; fig. bitter complaint

bitter work; sweated labor

to endure (years of suffering)

bitter sweet

(slang) prison

bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)

to force a smile; a bitter laugh