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酷暑kù shǔintense heat; extremely hot weather枯水kū shuǐscarce water; low water level苦水kǔ shuǐbitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates); suffering; digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth; fig. bitter complaint枯水期kū shuǐ qīdry season; low-water period枯死kū sǐ(of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead苦思kǔ sīto think hard; bitter thoughts; to pour out one's sufferings酷似kù sìto strikingly resemble酷斯拉Kù sī lā(Tw) Godzilla苦思冥想kǔ sī míng xiǎng(idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains哭訴kū sùto lament; to complain tearfully; to wail accusingly哭天抹淚kū tiān mǒ lèito wail and whine; piteous weeping苦痛kǔ tòngpain; suffering褲筒kù tǒngtrouser leg苦頭kǔ tousufferings褲頭kù tóu(dialect) underpants; (swimming) trunks褲腿kù tuǐtrouser leg窟臀kū túnbuttocks (dialect)褲襪kù wàpantyhose; tights枯萎kū wěito wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted苦味kǔ wèibitter taste; bitterness枯萎病kū wěi bìngblight苦笑kǔ xiàoto force a smile; a bitter laugh酷肖kù xiàoto strikingly resemble哭笑不得kū xiào bù délit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing; between laughter and tears苦心kǔ xīnpainstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains苦刑kǔ xíngtorture; corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)苦行kǔ xíngascetic practice酷刑kù xíngcruelty; torture苦杏仁苷kǔ xìng rén gānamygdalin苦行僧kǔ xíng sēngascetic monk苦行贖罪kǔ xíng shú zuìpenance (to atone for a sin)苦心孤詣kǔ xīn gū yìto make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at sth酷刑折磨kù xíng zhé mótorture and cruel treatment苦心經營kǔ xīn jīng yíngto build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts枯朽kū xiǔwithered and rotten酷炫kù xuàn(slang) cool; awesome苦窯kǔ yáo(slang) prison褲腰kù yāowaist of trousers; waistband褲腰帶kù yāo dàiwaistband枯葉kū yèdead leaf; withered leaf庫頁島Kù yè DǎoSakhalin庫頁島柳鶯Kù yè Dǎo liǔ yīng(bird species of China) Sakhalin leaf warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)枯葉劑kū yè jìAgent Orange (herbicide)苦役kǔ yìforced labor; corvée; penal servitude苦因kǔ yīnaffliction苦於kǔ yúto suffer from (a disadvantage)枯燥kū zàodry and dull; uninteresting; tedious枯燥無味kū zào wú wèitedious; dreary苦戰kǔ zhànto fight a hard battle; (fig.) to struggle hard苦蘵kǔ zhícutleaf ground-cherry; Physalis angulata苦衷kǔ zhōngsecret trouble; sorrow; difficulties苦中作樂kǔ zhōng zuò lèto find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering苦主kǔ zhǔ(old) the family of the victim in a murder case; (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc); (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit苦竹kǔ zhúbitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus)褲裝kù zhuāngpants (trousers, shorts etc); (Tw) pantsuit褲子kù zitrousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]K線K xiàncandlestick (in a candlestick chart)K線圖K xiàn túcandlestick chartkyky(slang) socially tone-deaf; unable to read the room (from Japanese KY, acronym of 空気が読めない "kuuki ga yomenai")K仔K zǎiketamine (slang)䗶làold variant of 蠟|蜡[la4]剌làperverse; unreasonable; absurd剌lávariant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌 was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉 has replaced 剌)啦lasentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples