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含辛茹苦

Mandarin · pinyin hán xīn rú kǔ

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含: hán · hold in mouth; cherish; contain
辛: xīn · bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160
茹: rú · roots; vegetables; eat; bear
苦: kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering

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2–1–2–3 · han2 xin1 ru2 ku3

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ham4 san1 jyu4 fu2

Cantonese word readings for 含辛茹苦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

ham4 san1 jyu4 fu2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(idiomatic) to suffer untold hardships (to bring up one's child); to endure sufferings