苦中作乐 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 苦中作樂 kǔzhōngzuòlè ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄜˋ to find joy in sorrows (idiom) to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering Character by character 苦(kǔ)bitter 中(zhōng)middle 作(zuò)do 乐(lè)happy A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0