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苦水

kǔ shuǐ

C1–C2 Level 7

苦水 (kǔ shuǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)
  2. suffering
  3. digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth
  4. fig. bitter complaint

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).