苦命 (kǔ mìng) — miserable fate; hard lot

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• 她从小失去双亲，真是苦命。
  Tā cóng xiǎo shī qù shuāng qīn, zhēn shì kǔ mìng.
  She lost both parents as a child — truly a miserable fate.
• 他不甘心接受苦命，一直努力改变命运。
  Tā bù gān xīn jiē shòu kǔ mìng, yì zhí nǔ lì gǎi biàn mìng yùn.
  He refused to accept his hard lot and kept striving to change his destiny.
• 老一辈人常说，苦命的人更要坚强。
  Lǎo yí bèi rén cháng shuō, kǔ mìng de rén gèng yào jiān qiáng.
  Older generations often say that people with a hard lot must be even stronger.