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to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
HSK 2
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  *痛* | 痛* | *痛
ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly
HSK 3
pain / suffering / painful / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme
HSK 4
to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain)
HSK 4
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  *苦* | 苦* | *苦
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
HSK 4
pain / (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain
HSK 6
(coll.) fussbudget / pain in the ass
to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic
locomotive; train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with; to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn!; crap!
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  *楚* | 楚* | *楚
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
bellyache / stomach pain
chest pain / chest distress
to suppress pain
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
to feel distressed about sth / heartache / cardiac pain
sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛
pain / suffering
sense of pain
acute pain / sharp pain / twinge / stab / pang
pain and difficulties / suffering (of the people)
to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain
parting sorrow / pain of separation
hey / ow / ouch / interjection of pain or surprise
to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes)
(medicine) tenderness; pain experienced when touched or palpated
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
hidden anguish; secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain
(of pain or hardship) hard to bear
suffering / misery / pain (esp. psychological)
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
pain (from wound) / sorrow
pain / anguish / suffering
to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM)
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain
pain and itch / sufferings / importance / consequence
to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience
(dialect) nuisance / pain
(interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc) / Oh my! / Uh-oh! / Ah! / Ouch!
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
keenly felt pain / bitter anguish
disagreeable / hateful / a pain in the neck
interjection of surprise or pain / Oh / Ow / My goodness!
long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
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  *痌* | 痌* | *痌
moaning in pain
interjection of pain or surprise / also written 哎喲|哎哟
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
(slang) ball-breaking / pain in the ass
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那)
localized pain disorder (in Chinese medicine) / arthralgia syndrome / bi disorder
pain point; sore point
to throb with pain / throbbing pain / twang / pang / CL: 陣|阵
stabbing pain / intermittent flash of pain
pain from a wound
to stand firm / to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment
to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
burning pain
better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦
an analgesic / pain killer
painless; pain-free
carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve) / median neuropathy at the wrist
to relieve pain / analgesic
(coll.) fussbudget / pain in the ass
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
sharp pain
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain
to annoy people / to be a pain in the neck
chronic pain
method of relieving pain
terrible pain; torture; (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners
burning pain
physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer


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