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Definition(s) for: 苦不堪言

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苦不堪言 kǔ bù kān yán - to suffer unspeakable misery
- indescribably painful
- hellish

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,791 30,541 24,015

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
kān- (bound form) may; can
- (bound form) to endure; to bear
- (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk

Other Words Containing 苦不堪言

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
苦不堪言 - - 36,791 30,541 24,015