to eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell; vegetables; roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

to endure (suffering or sorrow)

to eat a vegetarian diet

to eat meat

see 茜草[qian4 cao3]

putrid fish

Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician

to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)

devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)

see 含辛茹苦[han2 xin1 ru2 ku3]

to eat meat and drink wine