叫苦连天

叫苦連天

jiàokǔ-liántiān

idiom

Meanings

HSK 5

连日加班，员工们叫苦连天。

Lián rì jiābān, yuángōngmen jiàokǔliántiān.

After days of overtime, the employees were complaining endlessly.

HSK 5

物价上涨，百姓叫苦连天。

Wùjià shàngzhǎng, bǎixìng jiàokǔliántiān.

With prices rising, ordinary people are complaining bitterly.

HSK 7-9

烈日下干活，民工们叫苦连天。

Lièrì xià gànhuó, míngōngmen jiàokǔliántiān.

Working in the blazing sun, the laborers groaned without end.

memory

连天 literally 'connecting to the sky' - the complaints are so loud and constant they reach up to heaven.

叫 jiào

苦 kǔ

连 lián

天 tiān