"Misery" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 忧患 | yōu huàn | suffering / misery / hardship |   |
| 苦楚 | kǔ chǔ | suffering / misery / pain (esp. psychological) | |
| 酸辛 | suān xīn | misery | |
| 长夜 | cháng yè | long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression | |
| 苦海 | kǔ hǎi | lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery | |
| 同病相怜 | tóng bìng xiāng lián | fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom) / misery loves company | |
| 涂炭 | tú tàn | extreme distress / in utter misery | |
| 牛衣对泣 | niú yī duì qì | couple living in destitute misery (idiom) | |
| 苦不堪言 | kǔ bù kān yán | to suffer unspeakable misery / indescribably painful / hellish | |
