苦不堪言 [－－－－]

Jyutping fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4
Pinyin kǔ bù kān yán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to suffer unspeakable misery
  2. indescribably painful
  3. hellish
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to suffer unspeakable misery
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    身心​受到​形容​唔​到​嘅​折磨
    the suffering and bitterness being too intense to be expressed in words
    • 佢自從冇咗份工，生活苦不堪言。
      佢自从冇咗份工，生活苦不堪言。
      keoi5 zi6 cung4 mou5 zo2 fan6 gung1, sang1 wut6 fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4.
      His life fell apart after he lost his job.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    unspeakably painful; suffer unspeakably
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    个暴君征好多税，搞到啲百姓苦不堪言。
    個暴君徵好多税，搞到啲百姓苦不堪言。
    go3 bou6 gwan1 zing1 hou2 do1 seoi3, gaau2 dou3 di1 baak3 sing3 fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4.
    • The tyrant imposed so many taxes, that the people are suffering miserably.
  2. Cantonese
    苦不堪言
    苦不堪言
    fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4
    • the suffering and bitterness being too intense to be expressed in words
  3. Cantonese
    佢自从冇咗份工，生活苦不堪言。
    佢自從冇咗份工，生活苦不堪言。
    keoi5 zi6 cung4 mou5 zo2 fan6 gung1, sang1 wut6 fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4.
    • His life fell apart after he lost his job.
  4. Cantonese
    外地农产品倾销令本地农民生活苦不堪言。
    外地農產品傾銷令本地農民生活苦不堪言。
    • The dumping of foreign agricultural goods is suffocating our local agricultural industry.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    高雄入夜后仍有多个行政区迟迟没来电，连手机讯号也受影响，苦不堪言。
    高雄入夜後仍有多個行政區遲遲沒來電，連手機訊號也受影響，苦不堪言。
    gāo xióng rù yè hòu réng yǒu duō ge xíng zhèng qū chí chí méi lái diàn ， lián shǒu jī xùn hào yě shòu yǐng xiǎng ， kǔ bù kān yán ．
    • After nightfall in Kaohsiung, power supply is yet to be restored in many administrative districts. Even the mobile phone signal is affected, which is miserable.