茹苦含辛

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

CEDICT

形容受盡種種辛苦。宋．蘇軾〈中和勝相院記〉：「以肉飼虎豹鳥烏蚊蚋，無所不至，茹苦含辛。」也作「含辛茹苦」。

重編國語辭典

含辛茹苦

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 茹 rú
  1. to eat
  2. (extended meaning) to endure
  3. putrid smell
  4. vegetables
  5. roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
2 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
3 含 hán
  1. to keep in the mouth
  2. to contain
4 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

Related entries

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