Radical Detail

hardworking

industrious

exhausting

hard

tough

arduous

to work hard

to go to a lot of trouble

hardship(s)

pungent (taste)

bitter

fig. sad

miserable

to fail to live up (to expectations)

unworthy (of trust)

to let down

to betray (hopes)

to disappoint

old variant of 辣

hot (spicy)

pungent

(of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting

to burn

hot pepper

chili

to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell

to recognize

to identify

to dispute

to debate

to argue

to discuss

to speak in defense of

to argue in favor of

to defend

to plead

to explain

to justify

to defend (a point of view etc)

to provide an explanation

to try to defend oneself

debate

argument

to argue over

to investigate

dialectical

plait

braid

pigtail

a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent

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