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  fu2   jyutping
  ku3 gu3 hu4 ku4   pinyin
[1] bitter [2] painful; hardship; suffering; hard; difficult; laborious; miserable [3] strenuous; earnest; diligent [4] [v] abhor [5] [v] feel miserable about

Stroke count: 9
Level: 3
Radical: (#140)
This character was last edited on 28th Jun 2008

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detail  tung3 fu2  tong4 ku3 = pain, suffering
detail  san1 fu2  xin1 ku3 = difficult; laborious
detail  fu2 sam1  ku3 xin1 = to do something with painstaking efforts
detail  gaan1 fu2  jian1 ku4 = hard; difficult; arduous
detail  hek3 fu2  chi1 ku3 = to bear hardships (lit., "eat bitterness")
detail  kung4 fu2  qiong2 ku3 = poor; improvished; destitute
detail  fu2 gwaa1  ku3 gua1 = bitter gourd; bitter melon
detail  fu2 caa4  ku3 cha2 = medicinal herbal tea
detail  fu2 gung1   = hard work; painstaking effort
detail  fu2 zeon6 gam1 loi4   = after suffering comes happiness
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detail 我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食,何必委屈自己 edit
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?

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