苦 kǔ
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kǔ
noun
bitterness; bitter flavor
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Flavor 味道
Notes: One of the 五味 'five flavors', the opposite of 甜 'sweetness' (Guoyu '苦' n 1) -
kǔ
noun
hardship; suffering
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, the idiom 苦中作乐 'to enjoy in spite of hardship' (Guoyu '苦' n 2; Unihan '苦') -
kǔ
verb
to make things difficult for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 受累 or 为难 (Guoyu '苦' v 1) -
kǔ
verb
to train; to practice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 磨鍊 (Guoyu '苦' v 2) -
kǔ
verb
to suffer from a misfortune
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 患 (Guoyu '苦' v 3) -
kǔ
adjective
bitter
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
Notes: (Guoyu '苦' adj 1; Unihan '苦') -
kǔ
adjective
grieved; facing hardship
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 艰辛; for example, 苦日子 'hard times' (Guoyu '苦' adj 2) -
kǔ
adjective
in low spirits; depressed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 愁闷; for example, 愁眉苦脸 'to look anxious' (Guoyu '苦' adj 3) -
kǔ
adverb
assiduously; to do one's best; to strive as much as possible
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 尽力 (Guoyu '苦' adv; Han Dian '苦' adj 7) -
kǔ
adjective
painful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 痛 (Han Dian '苦' adj 4) -
kǔ
noun
suffering; duḥkha; dukkha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: duḥkha, Pali: dukkha, Japanese: ku; Tibetan: sdug bsngal. Duḥkha is the unsatisfactory nature inherent in all conditioned phenomena. 苦諦 'The truth of suffering' is the first of the 四聖諦 'four noble truths,' a fundamental teaching of Buddhism (BCSD '苦', p. 1011; BL 'duḥkha', p. 270-271; FGDB '苦')
Contained in
- 拔苦 Relieve suffering
- 问善之最以赎其苦(問善之最以贖其苦) asked what was the best way to redeem her suffering
- 六种苦行外道(六種苦行外道) six ascetic schools
- 生灭则老死忧悲苦恼灭(生滅則老死憂悲苦惱滅) from the suppression of existence results that of birth
- 六苦行外道 six ascetic schools
- 是苦集 this is the origin of pain
- 是苦灭(是苦滅) this is the suppression of pain
- 生老苦 birth is stressful, aging is stressful
- 坏苦(壞苦) suffering from impermanence
- 苦灭道圣谛(苦滅道聖諦) the noble truth of the way to extinction of suffering is the noble eightfold path
- 死苦 death
- 五阴受盛为苦(五陰受盛為苦) the five clinging-aggregates are stressful
- 若人自作苦 if suffering is made by persons themselves
- 你乐我苦(你樂我苦) you enjoy happiness, while I take on suffering
- 老苦 Old Age; suffering due to old age
- 知苦断集(知苦斷集) realize suffering and stop accumulation
- 苦出要谛(苦出要諦) the noble truth of the way to extinction of suffering is the noble eightfold path
- 怨憎恶苦(怨憎惡苦) suffering of having to meet the hateful
- 不苦不乐痛(不苦不樂痛) sensation of freedom from pleasure and pain; sensation of indifference to pleasure and pain
- 便得苦际(便得苦際) make an ending to stress
Also contained in
受苦 、 有苦说不出 、 贫苦 、 苦迭打 、 小洞不堵,大洞受苦 、 苦日子 、 愁苦 、 悲苦 、 苦甘 、 冥思苦索 、 蹲苦窑 、 自苦 、 勤学苦练 、 不辞辛苦 、 自讨苦吃 、 捱苦 、 秘鲁苦蘵 、 苦苣 、 浴血苦战 、 茹苦含辛 、 苦练 、 苦窑 、 命苦 、 良苦用心 、 苦役 、 苦况 、 苦衷 、 苦头 、 苦肉计 、 家贫命苦 、 苦活儿
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 16 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apidamo Fa Zhi Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨發智論 — count: 308
- Scroll 5 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 240
- Scroll 44 Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論 — count: 179
- Scroll 22 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 169
- Scroll 15 Xian Yang Shengjiao Lun 顯揚聖教論 — count: 163
- Scroll 22 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 160
- Scroll 24 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 159
- Scroll 6 Satyasiddhiśāstra (Cheng Shi Lun / Treatise of Establishing Reality) 成實論 — count: 157
- Scroll 7 Bodhisattvabhūmi (Pusa Xing Chi Jing) 菩薩地持經 — count: 151
- Scroll 1 Catuḥsatyaśāstra (Si Di Lun) 四諦論 — count: 148
Collocations
- 苦不乐 (苦不樂) 不苦不樂 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 11
- 苦阴 (苦陰) 緣此苦陰 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 大苦 (大苦) 是為此大苦陰緣 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 7
- 咸苦 (鹹苦) 海水鹹苦有三因緣 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 6
- 苦想 (苦想) 六者無常苦想 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 苦报 (苦報) 煩惱苦報墮三惡道 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
- 见苦 (見苦) 不能見苦 — Reciting in Concert (Daji Famen Jing) 大集法門經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
- 忧悲苦 (憂悲苦) 憂悲苦不如意惱 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 无常苦 (無常苦) 六者無常苦想 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
- 舍苦 (捨苦) 捨苦捨樂 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 4