叫苦连天 — Chinese idiom
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
Traditional: 叫苦連天
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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