疾苦
jí kǔ
Pinyin

Definition

疾苦
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jí kǔ
  1. pain and difficulties
  2. suffering (of the people)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

痛苦
tòng kǔ
  1. 1 pain
  2. 2 suffering
  3. 3 painful
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
苦
kǔ
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 hardship
  3. 3 pain
  4. 4 to suffer
  5. 5 to bring suffering to
  6. 6 painstakingly
辛苦
xīn kǔ
  1. 1 exhausting
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 tough
  4. 4 arduous
  5. 5 to work hard
  6. 6 to go to a lot of trouble
  7. 7 hardship(s)
何苦
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?
刻苦
kè kǔ
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 assiduous
劳苦
láo kǔ
  1. 1 to toil
  2. 2 hard work
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
受苦
shòu kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer hardship
吃苦
chī kǔ
  1. 1 to bear hardships
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
残疾
cán jí
  1. 1 disabled
  2. 2 handicapped
  3. 3 deformity on a person or animal
残疾人
cán jí rén
  1. 1 disabled person
疾病
jí bìng
  1. 1 disease
  2. 2 sickness
  3. 3 ailment
艰苦
jiān kǔ
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 arduous
苦力
kǔ lì
  1. 1 bitter work
  2. 2 hard toil
  3. 3 (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
苦命
kǔ mìng
  1. 1 hard lot
  2. 2 bitter fate
  3. 3 unfortunate
苦工
kǔ gōng
  1. 1 hard labor (in penal code)
  2. 2 coolie
苦心
kǔ xīn
  1. 1 painstaking effort
  2. 2 to take a lot of trouble
  3. 3 laborious at pains
苦闷
kǔ mèn
  1. 1 depressed
  2. 2 dejected
  3. 3 feeling low
苦恼
kǔ nǎo
  1. 1 vexed
  2. 2 distressed

Idioms (20)

不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不疾不徐
bù jí bù xú
  1. 1 neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. 2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
吃苦耐劳
chī kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
  1. 1 shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
  2. 2 for better or for worse
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
  2. 2 to bear one's cross
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
嘴甜心苦
zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
  1. 1 sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
坚苦卓绝
jiān kǔ zhuó jué
  1. 1 persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
大声疾呼
dà shēng jí hū
  1. 1 to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention
  2. 2 to make one's views known
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
  1. 1 solitary and impoverished (idiom)
小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.

Sample Sentences

这就是典型的“置百姓死生于度外“，这些政府官员哪里懂得民间疾苦啊？
zhè jiùshì diǎnxíng de “zhì bǎixìng sǐ shēng yú dùwài “，zhèxiē zhèngfǔ guānyuán nǎli dǒngde mínjiān jíkǔ ā ？
This is a real classic case of "not caring about the lives of the public". It just shows how little these government officials understand the difficulties faced by the public.
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