苦不堪言 kǔ bù kān yán

to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 37726th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to suffer unspeakable misery
  2. 2. indescribably painful
  3. 3. hellish

Characters

Character Meaning
苦 kǔ HSK 4
bitter; to suffer; hardship
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
堪 kān HSK 6
can; may; to endure
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech