苦肉

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	meat; flesh
trad. (苦肉)		苦	肉
simp. #(苦肉)		苦	肉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄖㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔròu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-jou⁴
    • Yale: kǔ-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuurow
    • Palladius: кужоу (kužou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

苦肉

1. desperate measure, last resort

Derived terms

• 苦肉計／苦肉计 (kǔròujì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	肉
く Grade: 3	にく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

苦(く)肉(にく) • (kuniku) 

1. desperate measure, last resort

   苦肉(くにく)の策(さく)

   kuniku no saku

   desperate measure