苦頭

苦头
kǔtóu
  1. (colloquial) slight bitter taste
  2. (informal) suffering; setback; misery
  3. slight bitter taste
  4. suffering; setback; misery

Wiktionary

Homographs

苦頭 kǔtou sufferings

Entry Composition

1 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
=2 頭 tóu
  1. head
  2. hair style
  3. the top
  4. end
  5. beginning or end
  6. a stub
  7. remnant
  8. chief
  9. boss
  10. side
  11. aspect
  12. first
  13. leading
  14. classifier for pigs or livestock

classifier: 個
=2 頭 tou suffix for nouns