苦恼 (苦惱)
kǔ nǎo
Pinyin
Definition
苦恼 (苦惱)
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- vexed
- distressed
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 bitter
- 2 hardship
- 3 pain
- 4 to suffer
- 5 to bring suffering to
- 6 painstakingly
- 1 exhausting
- 2 hard
- 3 tough
- 4 arduous
- 5 to work hard
- 6 to go to a lot of trouble
- 7 hardship(s)
- 1 why bother?
- 2 is it worth the trouble?
- 1 hardworking
- 2 assiduous
Idioms (20)
不胜其苦
- 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
倒悬之苦
- 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
- 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
- 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
- 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
- 1 to mull over (idiom)
- 2 to think long and hard
Sample Sentences
怎么会呢,我还苦恼着老板每次都叫我替他挑瓶好酒送客户,说要让客户感受到我们的雅致品味。我心想挑地沟油我还在行一点呢!
Why would I? I'm always wracking my brains every time the boss asks me to pick a good bottle of wine for him to give to a client, saying that it must make the client aware of our refined taste. I always feel that I'd be better at choosing between gutter oils!
其实你也不必这么苦恼。只要掌握了一定的规律,多音字并不像你想象中的那么难学,相反,在学习的过程中还会发现不少乐趣呢。
Actually, there's no need to worry so much. As long as you've got a handle on certain rules, characters with multiple readings aren't as bad as you think. And on the contrary, you will make some fascinating discoveries in the course of your studies.
但她总觉得心中有一种说不出的寂寞。与草木倾吐心事时,草木听不懂她的话,跟鸟兽诉说烦躁时,鸟兽不了解她的苦恼。
But she felt in her heart an inexplicable sense of loneliness. When she poured out her heart to the plants and trees, they couldn't understand her; when she related her sorrows to the birds and beasts, they couldn't understand her suffering.
呵呵,那我再讲一个小故事吧。有一个青年人毕业后豪情万丈,给自己定了很多目标,但到最后却一事无成。他非常苦恼地去找一位禅师,寻求答案。
Heh-heh. Let me tell you another one. Once, there was a young man who had just graduated and was full of ambition. He had many goals, but in the end he hadn't completed any of them. He was vexed and looked to a Chan master for answers.