茹苦含辛

bitter hardship / to bear one's cross

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

to keep / to contain / to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)

surname Xin

(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa

surname Ru

to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)