- 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
- 古(ancient; old)PHONO-SEMANTIC
An ancient grass variety carries a bitter, acrid, and harsh taste.
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bitter
中有苦的味道；感到痛苦或不愉快yǒu kǔ de wèidào; gǎndào ténɡkǔ huò búyuèkuài
This medicine tastes very bitter.
If you can't handle even a little hardship as a student, you're bound to hit a wall when you enter society.
Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great mission, it first embitters his mind and will, wearies his muscles and bones, starves his body and flesh, depletes his resources, and thwarts his every endeavor — all in order to stir his heart, strengthen his endurance, and develop capacities he did not possess before.
hardship
中艰难、痛苦的处境或感受jiānnán、téngtòng de chǔjìng huò gǎnshòu
He went through a lot of hardship.
pain
中感到难受、不开心的感觉；或者有难吃的味道gǎndào nánshòu、bú kāixīn de gǎnjuéhuò huòzhě yǒu nánchī de wèidào
He suffered a great deal of hardship.
painstakingly
中用尽力气、费很大努力地yòngjìnlì qì、fèi hěnddà nǔlì de
He studied Chinese very diligently.
to suffer
中感到痛苦、难受、不快乐gǎndào ténɡkǔ、nánshòu、búkuàilè
He endured a lot of hardship.
to bring suffering to
中使人感到痛苦、不快乐shǐ rén gǎndào ténɡkǔ、bù kuàilè
This will be hard on you.
bitter
中有苦的味道；感到痛苦或不愉快yǒu kǔ de wèidào; gǎndào ténɡkǔ huò búyuèkuài
This medicine tastes very bitter.
If you can't handle even a little hardship as a student, you're bound to hit a wall when you enter society.
Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great mission, it first embitters his mind and will, wearies his muscles and bones, starves his body and flesh, depletes his resources, and thwarts his every endeavor — all in order to stir his heart, strengthen his endurance, and develop capacities he did not possess before.
hardship
中艰难、痛苦的处境或感受jiānnán、téngtòng de chǔjìng huò gǎnshòu
He went through a lot of hardship.
pain
中感到难受、不开心的感觉；或者有难吃的味道gǎndào nánshòu、bú kāixīn de gǎnjuéhuò huòzhě yǒu nánchī de wèidào
He suffered a great deal of hardship.
painstakingly
中用尽力气、费很大努力地yòngjìnlì qì、fèi hěnddà nǔlì de
He studied Chinese very diligently.
to suffer
中感到痛苦、难受、不快乐gǎndào ténɡkǔ、nánshòu、búkuàilè
He endured a lot of hardship.
to bring suffering to
中使人感到痛苦、不快乐shǐ rén gǎndào ténɡkǔ、bù kuàilè
This will be hard on you.
An ancient grass variety carries a bitter, acrid, and harsh taste.
An ancient grass variety carries a bitter, acrid, and harsh taste.