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含辛茹苦

hán xīn rú kǔ

4-character word

What 含辛茹苦 means

1. to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
2. to bear one's cross

The characters in 含辛茹苦

• 含hánto keep in the mouth; to contain
• 辛xīn(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 茹rúto eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain

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