受 苦

shòukǔ

“To suffer hardship” in Chinese is 受苦 (shòukǔ).

Meaning

to suffer hardship

Example

我无法忍受看着动物受苦。

I can't bear to see animals suffer.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shòuHSK 28 strokesto receive kǔHSK 38 strokesbitter

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