Characters
- 苦 (苦): bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- 口 (口): mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- 婆 (婆): (bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
- 心 (心): heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 苦口婆心
- MDBG: 苦口婆心
- Examples with 苦口婆心 on Tatoeba
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