吃苦头
吃苦头
chī kǔ tou
to suffer; to suffer for one's actions; to pay dearly; to burn one's fingers
verb
Traditional: 吃苦頭
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Definitions
- (verb) to suffer
- to suffer for one's actions
- to pay dearly
- to burn one's fingers
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Related Words
城门失火，殃及池鱼(chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú)— a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
→惹火烧身(rě huǒ shāo shēn)— stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
→玩火自焚(wán huǒ zì fén)— to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
→自找(zì zhǎo)— to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions
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