苦不堪言 kǔ bù kān yán

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

苦 kǔ
HSK 4
bitter; hardship, suffering
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
堪 kān
HSK 6
adequately capable of, worthy of
言 yán
HSK 4
words, speech; speak, say