Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
很苦
hěn kǔ
Description
“很苦”是说味道很苦，比如中药或者黑咖啡。
"很苦" means the taste is very bitter, like Chinese medicine or black coffee.
它也可以说生活很难、很累。
It can also mean life is very hard and tiring.
Meanings
很苦hěn kǔ
very bitter (in taste)
这个药很苦，我不想喝。
This medicine is very bitter; I don't want to take it.
很苦hěn kǔ
very hard, difficult (of life)
他小时候的生活很苦。
He had a hard life as a child.
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Notes
- Form
很 (very) + 苦 (bitter/hard); 很 is a common degree adverb.
- Nuance
literal sense is taste; figurative sense describes a tough, painful life.
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