| 苦 |
kǔ kǒu | lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice) |
| 苦 |
kǔ | bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |
| 口 |
kǒu | mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |