苦不堪言

kǔ bù kān yán

C1–C2 Level 7

苦不堪言 (kǔ bù kān yán) is a Chinese word meaning “to suffer unspeakable misery”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to suffer unspeakable misery
  2. indescribably painful
  3. hellish

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).