Definition & Meaning

endure hardships, tortures, rough conditions, etc.

Word usage

shòu zuì

受 罪

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v.endure hardships, tortures, rough conditions, etc.
- gàn zhè ge huó jiǎn zhí jiù shì shòu zuì
  干这个活简直就是受罪。
  This job is sheer torture.
- dà rè tiān chuān zhè me hòu de yī fu zhēn shòu zuì
  大热天穿这么厚的衣服，真受罪！
  It's really awful to be wearing such heavy clothes on a hot day like this.
- dào le guó wài yǔ yán bù tōng zhēn shòu zuì
  到了国外，语言不通，真受罪。
  When I went abroad, I didn't understand the language. I really suffered.
synonym
chī kǔ吃苦 shòu kǔ受苦 zāo zuì遭罪
antonym
shū fu舒服 xiǎng fú享福

Word usage

Separable word
"受" and "罪" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 不知此时有多少人正受着罪呢。
  I wonder how many people are suffering right now.
- 他年轻时受过不少罪。
  He suffered a lot in his youth.
- 我真受不了这个罪。
  I can't endure such tortures.

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