茹 jyu⁴ {rú}

1. to eat
2. (extended meaning) to endure
3. putrid smell
4. vegetables
5. roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

茹 jyu⁴ {Rú}

surname Ru

茹葷〔-荤〕 jyu⁴ fan¹ {rú hūn}

to eat meat

茹魚〔-鱼〕 jyu⁴ jyu² {rú yú}

putrid fish

茹藘 jyu⁴ leoi⁴ {rú lǘ}

1. Rubia cordifolia
2. Indian madder
3. munjit
4. also written 茜草

茹素 jyu⁴ sou³ {rú sù}

to eat a vegetarian diet

茹痛 jyu⁴ tung³ {rú tòng}

to endure (suffering or sorrow)

茹誌鵑〔-志鹃〕 jyu⁴ zi³ gyun¹ {Rú Zhì juān}

Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician

茹葷飲酒〔-荤饮-〕 jyu⁴ fan¹ jam² zau² {rú hūn yǐn jiǔ}

to eat meat and drink wine

茹苦含辛 jyu⁴ fu² ham⁴ san¹ {rú kǔ hán xīn}

1. bitter hardship
2. to bear one's cross

茹古涵今 jyu⁴ gu² haam⁴ gam¹ {rú gǔ hán jīn}

to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)

茹毛飲血〔--饮-〕 jyu⁴ mou⁴ jam² hyut³ {rú máo yǐn xuè}

devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)