苦楚 (kǔ chǔ) — suffering; misery
Definition
A written, literary noun for 'suffering' or 'hardship' — used in formal prose rather than everyday speech, where 痛苦 is the more common word.
noun
sufferingmisery
Examples
- 苦楚，。Tā jīng lì le wú jìn de kǔ chǔ, dàn cóng wèi fàng qì.He endured endless suffering but never gave up.
- 苦楚。Tā xīn zhōng de kǔ chǔ wú rén néng dǒng.The misery in her heart was incomprehensible to others.
- 苦楚。Nà xiē kǔ chǔ zǎo yǐ huà wéi qián xíng de lì liàng.That misery has long since become the strength to move forward.
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