bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
苦
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艹
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古
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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.
瓜
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⺁
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厶
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㇏
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Gitta Giraffe (gu) inspects the banana trees (⺁) in front of the ashram (a1) every day. One day, she found a very strange banana: she looked at it, and it looked like a melon (瓜). She then poked it with her finger (㇏). It felt like a melon! She then sniffed at it with her fake nose (厶). The banana smelled like a melon (瓜)! What a strange banana, Gitta thought to herself.
脸
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月
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佥
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Li Qingzhao and General Fu Qian are enjoying the evening inside of the anthill. Li Qingzhao drank so much that she thinks Fu Qian's face looks like a big round moon.