折磨 (zhé mó) — to torment, to torture

Définition

折磨 (zhémo) means prolonged mental or physical suffering — the focus is the painful ongoing experience, unlike 虐待 (cruel treatment of others) or 磨难 (hardship as a noun).

verb
to tormentto torture

Exemples

  • 折磨
    Tā zhé mó zì jǐ, yīn wèi tài xiǎng niàn jiā rén le.
    He torments himself because he misses his family too much.
  • 折磨
    Cháng qī de shī mián zhé mó zhe zhè wèi lǎo rén.
    Long-term insomnia torments this elderly person.
  • 折磨
    Bié yòng zhè xiē xiǎo shì zhé mó wǒ le.
    Don't torment me with these trivial matters.

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