苦中作乐

苦
苦
中
中
作
作
乐
樂
to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering

Characters and words in 苦中作乐

苦
kǔ = ku + Ø3
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
苦 = 艹 + 古 : Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.
中
zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1
China / Chinese / surname Zhong
中
zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中 = 丨 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
中
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
作
zuo̅ = zu + o1
worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)
作
zuò = zu + o4
to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works
作 = 乍 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg and Zapatista Zebra are high-fiveing in the observatory's bathroom because they're growing so awesome Mohawk haircuts.
作
zuò = zu + o4
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
作
作
乐
樂
to make merry
乐
樂
lè = l + e4
surname Le
乐 = ⺁ + 朩 : Mnemonic symbol: a cheerleader
乐 = ⺁ + 朩 : In the elevator's bathroom, the cheerleader is beating Lancelot on the head with a banana tree just when Lancelot isn't watching, and laughing at him cheerfully. The cheerleader sneaked up on Lancelot by popping out of a sewage pipe.
乐
樂
yuè = yu + e4
surname Yue
乐
樂
lè = l + e4
happy / cheerful / to laugh
乐 = ⺁ + 朩 : Mnemonic symbol: a cheerleader
乐 = ⺁ + 朩 : In the elevator's bathroom, the cheerleader is beating Lancelot on the head with a banana tree just when Lancelot isn't watching, and laughing at him cheerfully. The cheerleader sneaked up on Lancelot by popping out of a sewage pipe.
乐
樂
yuè = yu + e4
music

Words with 苦中作乐

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