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1 lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
2 fig. not getting to any matter of substance
3 scratching the surface
4 superficial
5 perfunctory

倒悬之苦

dào xuán zhī kǔ

1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
2 dire straits

备尝辛苦

bèi cháng xīn kǔ

1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)

冥思苦想

míng sī kǔ xiǎng

1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
2 to rack one's brains

Sample Sentences

痛苦的回忆啊，暑假寒假有书法培训班、外语培训班、奥数培训班、小提琴培训班等等。

tòngkǔ de huíyì ā ，shǔjià hánjià yǒu shūfǎ péixùnbān 、wàiyǔ péixùnbān 、àoshǔ péixùnbān 、xiǎotíqín péixùnbān děngdeng 。

Painful memories, in summer and winter vacations we had calligraphy class, foreign language classes, International Mathematical Olympiad training class and violin class, and so on.

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为了和平，我们要牢固树立人类命运共同体意识。偏见和歧视、仇恨和战争，只会带来灾难和痛苦。相互尊重、平等相处、和平发展、共同繁荣，才是人间正道，世界各国应该共同维护以联合国宪章宗旨和原则为核心的国际秩序和国际体系，积极构建以合作共赢为核心的新型国际关系共同推进世界和平与发展的崇高事业。

wèile hépíng ，wǒmen yào láogù shùlì rénlèi mìngyùn gòngtóngtǐ yìshi 。piānjiàn hé qíshì 、chóuhèn hé zhànzhēng ，zhī huì dàilái zāinàn hé tòngkǔ 。xiānghù zūnzhòng 、píngděng xiāngchǔ 、hépíng fāzhǎn 、gòngtóng fánróng ，cái shì rénjiān zhèngdào ，shìjiègèguó yīnggāi gòngtóng wéihù yǐ Liánhéguó xiànzhāng zōngzhǐ hé yuánzé wèi héxīn de guójì zhìxù hé guójì tǐxì ，jījí gòujiàn yǐ to collaborate gòngyíng wèi héxīn de xīnxíng guójì guānxi gòngtóng tuījìn shìjiè hépíng yǔ fāzhǎn de chónggāo shìyè 。

For peace, we have to securely establish an awareness of a community of destiny among humanity. Prejudice and discrimination, hostility and war, they only bring disaster and pain. Mutual respect, treating one another as equals, peaceful development, prospering together, this is the true path for humanity. Each country in the world should uphold the objectives and principles enshrined in the United Nations charter as the core tenets of international order and the international system, to proactively construct new international relations with win-win cooperation at its core, to continue to carry forward the sublime undertaking that is world peace and development.

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我周五下午的记忆可都停留在家教老师家了。四五个小孩围在一起痛苦地写作业，数学是我的噩梦，我妈非让我去补习。

wǒ zhōuwǔ xiàwǔ de jìyì kě dōu tíngliú zài jiājiào lǎoshī jiā le 。sì wǔ gè xiǎohái wéi zàiyīqǐ tòngkǔ de xiě zuòyè ，shùxué shì wǒ de èmèng ，wǒ mā fēi ràng wǒ qù bǔxí 。

My memories of Friday afternoons are of being stuck at my tutor's house. Four or five children gathered round in a circle doing their homework. Mathematics was a nightmare for me, so my mum insisted on sending me to cram school.

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其实啊，中国女性真正经济人格独立的屈指可数。在痛苦不堪的婚姻下她们多半还是会选择默默忍受。

qíshí ā ，Zhōngguó nǚxìng zhēnzhèng jīngjì réngé dúlì de qūzhǐkěshǔ 。zài tòngkǔ bùkān de hūnyīn xià tāmen duōbàn háishì huì xuǎnzé mòmò rěnshòu 。

Actually, you can count on your fingers the number of Chinese women who are financially and emotionally independent. However miserable their marriages, most of them still choose to put up with it in silence.

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欸！这是哪门子的积极啊！你究竟活得多痛苦啊？这手段也太极端了吧！

ǎi ！zhè shì nǎménzi de jījí ā ！nǐ jiūjìng huó de duō tòngkǔ ā ？zhè shǒuduàn yě tài jíduān le ba ！

Oh no! What kind of way is that to assert yourself! How miserable is your life? That's a little extreme!

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大概我不是“有车阶级”，所以不懂你找车位的痛苦，下次学学我，搭地铁吧。

dàgài wǒ bùshì “yǒu chē jiējí ”，suǒyǐ bù dǒng nǐ zhǎo chē wèi de tòngkǔ ，xiàcì xué xue wǒ ，dā dìtiě ba 。

It's probably because I'm not in the "car owning class", I can't empathise with the pains of finding a parking space. You should follow my lead and take the subway.

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持续的战争让人们非常痛苦。

chíxù de zhànzhēng ràng rénmen fēicháng tòngkǔ 。

Continuous war causes people extreme suffering.

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现在说对不起有用吗？你以为你很了不起吗？我在你身边潜伏了一年，就是要找机会让你尝尝我父亲当时的痛苦。两三分钟后，你就会彻底晕死过去，而同时公安局也会爆炸。哈哈...... ”

xiànzài shuō duìbuqǐ yǒuyòng ma ？nǐ yǐwéi nǐ hěn liǎobuqǐ ma ？wǒ zài nǐ shēnbiān qiánfú le yī nián ，jiùshì yào zhǎo jīhuì ràng nǐ chángchang wǒ fùqin dāngshí de tòngkǔ 。liǎng sānfēnzhōng hòu ，nǐ jiù huì chèdǐ yūnsǐ guòqu ，ér tóngshí gōng\'ānjú yě huì bàozhà 。hāhā ...... ”

"What use do your apologies serve now? Did you think you were really that extraordinary? I've laid low by your side for a year, waiting for an opportunity to give you a taste of the suffering that my father felt. In a few minutes you'll faint completely and die as the police station explodes. Ha ha..."

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如果因为男性精子质量或者女性的内分泌不正常，精子和卵子不能正常结合，那么用这种方法比较好。而且对女性身体的伤害小，痛苦少。但是如果一直都不成功的话，就要考虑试管婴儿了。

rúguǒ yīnwèi nánxìng jīngzǐ zhìliàng huò zhě nǚxìng de nèifēnmì bù zhèngcháng ，jīngzǐ hé luǎnzǐ bùnéng zhèngcháng jiéhé ，nàme yòng zhèzhǒng fāngfǎ bǐjiào hǎo 。érqiě duì nǚxìng shēntǐ de shānghài xiǎo ，tòngkǔ shǎo 。dànshì rúguǒ yīzhí dōu bù chénggōng dehuà ，jiùyào kǎolǜ shìguǎnyīng\'ér le 。

If a man's sperm quality or a woman's hormones are abnormal, a sperm and an egg can't come together normally. So using this method is the best. Plus the harm to the woman's body is small and there's little pain. However, if there continues to be no success, then you need to consider in vitro fertilization.

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我们年纪大了，领养不到。就算能，也照顾不了孩子了。我唯一的寄托就是加入了一个QQ群，里面都是失去独生子女的苦命人。只有我们能互相安慰。其他人是没办法明白我们的痛苦的！

wǒmen niánjì dà le ，lǐngyǎng bùdào 。jiùsuàn néng ，yě zhàogu bùliǎo háizi le 。wǒ wéiyī de jìtuō jiùshì jiārù le yī gè QQ qún ，lǐmiàn dōu shì shīqù dúshēngzǐnǚ de kǔmìngrén 。zhǐyǒu wǒmen néng hùxiāng ānwèi 。qítā rén shì méi bànfǎ míngbai wǒmen de tòngkǔ de ！

We're already too old to adopt a child. Even if we could, we wouldn't be able to take care of them. My only source of comfort is a QQ group made up of sad people who lost their only children. Only we can comfort one another. Other people have no way to understand our pain!

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