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Expression Profile · ku-ao
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苦熬

kǔ áo
📊 Corpus Indexed: 3 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom

[Authentic Cinema Evidence Base]

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我在都察院 苦熬了这么些年
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我在都察院 苦熬 了这么些年

(你再冤能有我冤吗) ── Previous context

“I have worked hard in the Censorate for so many years,”

《良陈美锦》 · 10:25
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我姨娘还在庙里苦熬
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我姨娘还在庙里 苦熬

(是) ── Previous context

“My birth mother is still suffering in the temple.”

《良陈美锦》 · 34:19
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这倒是比 在翰林院待着 一步步苦熬
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这倒是比 在翰林院待着 一步步 苦熬

(朝廷必定重用) ── Previous context

“This is indeed faster than staying in the Hanlin Academy, enduring step by step,”

《良陈美锦》 · 38:36
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