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苦不堪言

kǔ bù kān yán

4-character word

What 苦不堪言 means

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

The characters in 苦不堪言

• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 堪kān(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪舆
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

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