苦荼

kǔtú
  1. (literary) bitter tea
  2. (literary) bitter vegetable
  3. bitter tea
  4. bitter vegetable

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Entry Composition

1 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
=2 荼 tú
  1. thistle
  2. common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
  3. bitter (taste)
  4. cruel
  5. flowering grass in profusion
=2 荼 yé a surname
=2 荼 shū only used in 神荼 (Shēnshū)