| 苦差 |
kǔ chāi |
hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore |
| 苦 |
kǔ |
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |
| 差 |
chā |
difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly |
| 差 |
chà |
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1] |
| 差 |
chāi |
to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post |
| 差 |
cī |
used in 参差 |