WordTaiwan frequency #23,377
挖苦
ㄨㄚ ˙ㄎㄨ
“to mock; to ridicule; to make sarcastic remarks at someone's expense”
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- 痛苦ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨˇphysical or mental pain; suffering; anguish; distress.
- 辛苦ㄒㄧㄣ ㄎㄨˇhard; exhausting; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; (polite) thank you for your efforts; used as a greeting to acknowledge someone's hard work
- 挖掘ㄨㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊto excavate; to dig into; to unearth; to explore; to probe
- 苦難ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄢˊsuffering; hardship; pain and distress; misery
- 苦惱ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄠˇvexed; distressed; worried and troubled; feeling deep annoyance or mental suffering
- 苦笑ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋto force a smile; a bitter laugh; a strained smile made when unhappy or helpless.
- 受苦ㄕㄡˋ ㄎㄨˇto suffer hardship; to endure pain or distress; to go through suffering
- 艱苦ㄐㄧㄢ ㄎㄨˇdifficult and strenuous; hard; arduous; involving great effort or hardship
- 開挖ㄎㄞ ㄨㄚto dig out; to excavate; to scoop out; to start digging.
- 挖出ㄨㄚ ㄔㄨto dig out; to excavate; to unearth something buried or hidden
- 苦練ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˋto practice hard; to train rigorously through effort and repetition
- 苦苦ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄨˇpainfully; in great distress; in Buddhism, suffering as experienced through the senses