苦不堪言

kǔ bù kān yán

Meaning

to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish

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苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering艹古不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一堪kānto endure; adequate, capable, worthy土甚言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say亠二口