苦口婆心

苦
口
婆
心
earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently

Characters and words in 苦口婆心

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.
苦
口
lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice)
口
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
婆
pó = p + o2
grandmother / matron / mother-in-law / (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
婆 = 女 + 波 : Bessie Coleman (女) is Pinocchio's (p) mother-in-law(婆). As such she thinks its her obligation to teach him how to ride the waves (波) in the observatory's kitchen (o2).
婆
心
(literary) kindheartedness
心
xi̅n = xi + (e)n1
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
心 = 乚 + 丶 : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.

Words with 苦口婆心

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Sentences with 苦口婆心

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