| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 苦 | 苦 | kǔ | - bitter - hardship - pain - to suffer - to bring suffering to - painstakingly |
| 严酷 | 嚴酷 | yánkù | - bitter - harsh - grim - ruthless - severe - cut-throat (competition) |
| 惨烈 | 慘烈 | cǎnliè | - bitter - desperate |
| 惨痛 | 慘痛 | cǎntòng | - bitter - painful - deeply distressed |
| 辛酸 | 辛酸 | xīnsuān | - pungent (taste) - bitter - fig. sad - miserable |
| 荼 | 荼 | tú | - thistle - common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) - bitter (taste) - cruel - flowering grass in profusion |
| 醰 | 醰 | tán | - bitter taste in wine - rich - full flavored |
| 仇隙 | 仇隙 | chóuxì | - feud - bitter quarrel |
| 冷话 | 冷話 | lěnghuà | - harsh words - sarcasm - bitter remarks |
| 严寒 | 嚴寒 | yánhán | - bitter cold - severe winter |
| 悲酸 | 悲酸 | bēisuān | - bitter and sad |
| 惨笑 | 慘笑 | cǎnxiào | - bitter smile |
| 沉痛 | 沉痛 | chéntòng | - grief - remorse - deep in sorrow - bitter (anguish) - profound (condolences) |
| 苦力 | 苦力 | kǔlì | - bitter work - hard toil - (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times |
| 苦味 | 苦味 | kǔwèi | - bitter taste - bitterness |
| 苦命 | 苦命 | kǔmìng | - hard lot - bitter fate - unfortunate |
| 苦寒 | 苦寒 | kǔhán | - bitter cold |
| 苦思 | 苦思 | kǔsī | - to think hard - bitter thoughts - to pour out one's sufferings |
| 苦战 | 苦戰 | kǔzhàn | - bitter struggle - hard battle - arduous effort |
| 苦水 | 苦水 | kǔshuǐ | - bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) - suffering - digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth - fig. bitter complaint |
| 苦活 | 苦活 | kǔhuó | - bitter work - sweated labor |
| 苦涩 | 苦澀 | kǔsè | - bitter and astringent - pained - agonized |
| 苦瓜 | 苦瓜 | kǔguā | - bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) |
| 苦甘 | 苦甘 | kǔgān | - bitter sweet |
| 苦竹 | 苦竹 | kǔzhú | - bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus) |
| 酸涩 | 酸澀 | suānsè | - sour - acrid - (fig.) bitter - painful |
| 鏖战 | 鏖戰 | áozhàn | - bitter fighting - a violent battle |
| 咸涩 | 鹹澀 | xiánsè | - salty and bitter - acerbic |
| 气不过 | 氣不過 | qìbuguò | - so angry it's unbearable - bitter about unbearable grievances |
| 苦不唧 | 苦不唧 | kǔbujī | - slightly bitter |
| 苦菜花 | 苦菜花 | KǔCàihuā | - Bitter Cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Feng2 De2 ying1] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang |
| 切肤之痛 | 切膚之痛 | qièfūzhītòng | - keenly felt pain - bitter anguish |
| 切骨之仇 | 切骨之仇 | qiègǔzhīchóu | - bitter hatred - hatred that cuts to the bone |
| 痛心疾首 | 痛心疾首 | tòngxīnjíshǒu | - bitter and hateful (idiom) - to grieve and lament (over sth) |
| 茹苦含辛 | 茹苦含辛 | rúkǔhánxīn | - bitter hardship - to bear one's cross |
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