叫苦连天 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to whine on for days
• to endlessly grumble complaints
• incessant whining

Character by character

• 叫jiàocry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering
• 连liánto join, to connect; continuous; even
• 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial

Idioms sharing a character

• 叫苦不迭 jiào kǔ bu dié
• 大喊大叫 dà hǎn dà jiào
• 拍案叫绝 pāi àn jiào jué
• 装穷叫苦 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ
• 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
• 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
• 备尝辛苦 bèi cháng xīn kǔ
• 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
• 千辛万苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ
• 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo

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