Zhè bù xiǎoshuō miáoxiěle zhànluàn niándài rénmín de jíkǔ.
The novel depicts the suffering of the people during wartime.
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Formal/literary. 疾苦 almost always refers to the collective hardship of ordinary people (百姓的疾苦, 人民的疾苦) and is favored in political and journalistic writing. For personal pain use 痛苦 (tòngkǔ).
