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他只喜欢喝苦咖啡。
tā zhǐ xǐ huān hē kǔ kā fēi.
He only likes to drink black coffee without sugar.
药太苦了，我不想吃。
yào tài kǔ le, wǒ bù xiǎng chī.
The medicine is too bitter and I don't want to take it.
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Related Words & Compounds
苦难
suffering
苦恼
distressed; vexed
苦力
coolie, unskilled laborer (old times; pejorative)
苦练
to practise hard
苦心
n. painstaking effort; adv. with great pains
苦笑
to have a wry smile; to force a smile
苦尽甘来
Bitterness ends, sweetness begins
苦苦
strenuously / persistently / hard / painful
苦头
sufferings
苦衷
secret trouble / sorrow / difficulties
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