苦日子

Traditional form:

苦日子

Pinyin (reading):

kǔrìzi

Definitions:

• hard times

Characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing