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Chinese Character/Word:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 苦 | kǔ | - bitter - hardship - pain - to suffer - to bring suffering to - painstakingly |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 堪 | 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]) |
| 言 | 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 |