痛楚
tòng chǔ
Pinyin

Definition

痛楚
 - 
tòng chǔ
  1. pain
  2. anguish
  3. suffering

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qīng chu
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
  4. 4 to be clear about
tòng
  1. 1 ache
  2. 2 pain
  3. 3 sorrow
  4. 4 deeply
  5. 5 thoroughly
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
shāng tòng
  1. 1 pain (from wound)
  2. 2 sorrow

Idioms (16)

一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
不痛不痒
bù tòng bù yǎng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
  2. 2 fig. not getting to any matter of substance
  3. 3 scratching the surface
  4. 4 superficial
  5. 5 perfunctory
创巨痛深
chuāng jù tòng shēn
  1. 1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life
吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
  1. 1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
  2. 2 head-to-tail
  3. 3 one thing starts where the other leaves off
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help