含辛茹苦

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

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

辛，辣；茹，吃。含辛茹苦形容受盡各種辛苦。如：「她含辛茹苦的一手把孩子拉拔大。」也作「茹苦含辛」。

重編國語辭典

忍受辛苦

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 含 hán
  1. to keep in the mouth
  2. to contain
2 辛 xīn
  1. (of taste) hot or pungent
  2. hard
  3. laborious
  4. suffering
  5. eighth in order
  6. eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
  7. letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
  9. octa
3 茹 rú
  1. to eat
  2. (extended meaning) to endure
  3. putrid smell
  4. vegetables
  5. roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
4 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly

Related entries

茹苦含辛 rúkǔhánxīn
  1. bitter hardship
  2. to bear one's cross