四苦八苦
しくはっく
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money)Four-character idiomNoun
the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)Four-character idiom
Example sentences
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I had a very hard time writing the paper.
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Sometimes I struggle to speak English.
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Sometimes I struggle to speak French.
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A lot of students struggle with math in school.
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We almost broke our necks trying to meet the quota.