"Hardship" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 苦 |  kǔ | bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |   |
| 忧患 | yōu huàn | suffering / misery / hardship | |
| 艰 | jiān | difficult / hard / hardship | |
| 活罪 | huó zuì | suffering / hardship / living hell | |
| 颠沛 | diān pèi | destitute / difficulty / hardship / trouble | |
| 受苦 | shòu kǔ | to suffer hardship | |
| 难兄难弟 | nàn xiōng nàn dì | brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat | |
| 含辛茹苦 | hán xīn rú kǔ | to suffer every possible torment (idiom) / bitter hardship / to bear one's cross | |
| 遭罪 | zāo zuì | to endure hardship / to suffer | |
| 甘之如饴 | gān zhī rú yí | lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment | |
| 耐劳 | nài láo | hardy / able to resist hardship | |
| 安之若素 | ān zhī ruò sù | bear hardship with equanimity / regard wrongdoing with equanimity | |
| 风吹雨打 | fēng chuī yǔ dǎ | lit. windswept and battered by rain / to undergo hardship (idiom) | |
| 凿壁偷光 | záo bì tōu guāng | lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship | |
| 茹苦含辛 | rú kǔ hán xīn | bitter hardship / to bear one's cross | |
| 勤俭耐劳 | qín jiǎn nài láo | diligent and able to endure hardship (idiom) | |
| 天妒英才 | tiān dù yīng cái | heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom) / the great have great hardship to contend with / those whom the Gods love die young | |
| 留军壁邺 | liú jūn bì yè | troops remaining stationed in Ye / fig. a hardship posting | |
| 草莓族 | cǎo méi zú | pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw) | |
| 艰苦条件分类 | hardship classification | | |
| 流动和艰苦条件津贴办法 | Mobility and Hardship Scheme | | |
| 艰苦工作地点 | hardship duty station | | |
| 流动和艰苦条件津贴 | mobility and hardship allowance | | |
| 艰苦条件津贴 | jiān kǔ tiáo jiàn jīn tiē | hardship allowance | |
| 过度负担 | disproportionate burden / undue hardship | | |
| 过度困难 | disproportionate burden / undue hardship | | |
| 特别困难情况方桉 | Special Hardship Case programme | |
