疾苦

jíkǔ
noun #34,860

Meanings

  1. 1 hardship
  2. 2 suffering (of the people)
  3. 3 pain and difficulties

Examples

HSK 7-9
Guānyuán yīnggāi tǐchá bǎixìng de jíkǔ.
Officials should understand the hardships of ordinary people.
HSK 7-9
Zhèbù xiǎoshuō miáoxiě le zhànluàn niándài rénmín de jíkǔ.
The novel depicts the suffering of the people during wartime.

Tips

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Formal/literary. 疾苦 almost always refers to the collective hardship of ordinary people (百姓疾苦, 人民疾苦) and is favored in political and journalistic writing. For personal pain use 痛苦.

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