⇒ 你何苦这么做呢？ Nǐ hékǔ zhème zuò ne? → Why are you bothering to do it? ⇒ 你何苦去那么早呢？ Nǐ hékǔ qù nàme zǎo ne? → Why are you bothering to go so early?

hardworking

hard-working

moan

put up with hardship ( pt , pp put ) ⇒ 儿时的经历使我很能吃苦。 Érshí de jīnglì shǐ wǒ hěn néng chīkǔ. → My childhood experiences have helped me to put up with all kinds of hardship.

hard

have a dig at ⇒ 他总挖苦成绩差的学生。 Tā zǒng wāku chéngjì chà de xuésheng. → He is always having a dig at underachieving students.

poor and honest

( 美好和艰辛 ) ups and downs pl

painful ⇒ 医生的首要职责是减轻病人的痛苦。 Yīshēng de shǒuyào zhízé shì jiǎnqīng bìngrén de tòngkǔ. → The first duty of the doctor is to reduce the patient's suffering.

destitute

harsh

hard work

suffering

suffering

work hard

pains ⇒ 煞费苦心 shà fèi kǔxīn → take great pains

distressed

( 指果实 ) bitter fruit

bitter

give a wry smile ( pt gave ) , pp given

predicament

depressed

hardship

complain

poverty-stricken

laborious

be deep in thought

go through thick and thin together

endure hardship ⇒ 她含辛茹苦地养大了5个孩子。 Tā hán xīn rú kǔ de yǎngdàle wǔ gè háizi. → She endured a lot of hardship bringing up her five children.

lonely and wretched

pull a long face

take great pains ⇒ 父母对孩子的教育煞费苦心。 Fùmǔ duì háizi de jiàoyù shà fèi kǔxīn. → Parents take great pains over their children's education.

do one's best to persuade ⇒ 父母苦口婆心地劝他,他就是不听。 Fùmǔ kǔ kǒu pó xīn de quàn tā, tā jiùshì bù tīng. → His parents did their best to persuade him but he just didn't listen.

rack one's brains ⇒ 他苦思冥想了一整天,仍然没有结果。 Tā kǔ sī míng xiǎngle yī zhěng tiān, réngrán méiyǒu jiéguǒ. → He racked his brains for the whole day to no effect.

all the pains and pleasures of life