吃苦头

to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

to bear hardships

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

sufferings

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns