吃苦头
Traditional form:
吃苦頭
Pinyin (reading):
chīkǔtou
Definitions:
- to suffer
- to suffer for one's actions
- to pay dearly
- to burn one's fingers
Characters:
- 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
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