Correct
吃苦头
/ chīkǔtou /
Strokes
Definition
to suffer/to suffer for one's actions/to pay dearly/to burn one's fingers
Example
As a Verb
suffer
1
Yīlùshàng
一路上
chī
吃
jìn
尽
le
了
kǔtou
苦头
。
The journey was absolute hell.
2
Tā
他
kànshangqu
看上去
liǎnsè
脸色
hěn
很
cāngbái
苍白
,
sìhū
似乎
chī
吃
le
了
bùshǎo
不少
kǔtou
苦头
。
He looked very pale and seemed to have suffered a great deal.
3
Ràng
让
rén
人
chīkǔtou
吃苦头
give sb a rough time
4
Chī
吃
jìn
尽
kǔtou
苦头
suffer a great deal; endure untold sufferings; suffer every hell