No pain, no gain.
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苦
kǔ
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kǔ · fu2 (Jyutping)
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
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Character breakdown
苦
- Meaning
- bitter; hardship, suffering
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿱艹古
- Cangjie
- TJR
- Four-corner
- 4460.4
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Example sentences
Life is very hard.
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