被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn 中 zhòng to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery) syn 受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 损失 損失 sǔn shī loss / damage / CL:個|个[ge4] / to lose / to suffer damage syn 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) syn 难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear syn 遭到 zāo dào to suffer / to meet with (sth unfortunate) syn 遭受 zāo shòu to suffer / to sustain (loss, misfortune) syn 骨折 gǔ zhé to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture 经受 經受 jīng shòu to undergo (hardship) / to endure / to withstand syn 瘫痪 癱瘓 tān huàn (medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed / to break down / to come to a standstill syn 自找 zì zhǎo to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions / you asked for it / to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) syn 中风 中風 zhòng fēng to suffer a paralyzing stroke 煎熬 jiān áo to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment syn 失血 shī xuè to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc) 受损 受損 shòu sǔn to suffer damage 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 饱受 飽受 bǎo shòu to endure / to suffer / to be subjected to syn 失眠 shī mián to suffer from insomnia syn 患有 huàn yǒu to contract (an illness) / to be afflicted with / to suffer from syn 受罪 shòu zuì to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance syn 受害 shòu hài to suffer damage, injury etc / damaged / injured / killed / robbed syn 走漏 zǒu lòu to leak (information, secrets etc) / to smuggle and evade tax / to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc) syn 磨损 磨損 mó sǔn to suffer wear and tear / to deteriorate through use / to wear out syn 遭殃 zāo yāng to suffer a calamity syn 受难 受難 shòu nàn to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress 惨遭 慘遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc) syn 失利 shī lì to lose / to suffer defeat syn 一败涂地 一敗塗地 yī bài tú dì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat syn 肩负 肩負 jiān fù to shoulder (a burden) / to bear / to suffer (a disadvantage) syn 惨败 慘敗 cǎn bài to suffer a crushing defeat syn 吃亏 吃虧 chī kuī to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately syn 受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from / to suffer all kinds of / to have one's fill of 风浪 風浪 fēng làng wind and waves / rough waters / (fig.) hardship syn 痛失 tòng shī to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc) syn 死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn 忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it syn 中暑 zhòng shǔ to suffer heat exhaustion / sunstroke / heatstroke syn 浮肿 浮腫 fú zhǒng (nonspecialist term for 水腫|水肿[shui3 zhong3]) to suffer from edema / swollen / bloated / puffy syn 千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ to suffer untold hardships (idiom) / trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort syn 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn 蒙受 méng shòu to suffer / to sustain (loss) syn 翻船 fān chuán to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat 水肿 水腫 shuǐ zhǒng (medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy) syn 落败 落敗 luò bài to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind syn 两败俱伤 兩敗俱傷 liǎng bài jù shāng both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins 忍痛 rěn tòng to suffer / fig. reluctantly 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn 落马 落馬 luò mǎ (lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption) 吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn 含辛茹苦 hán xīn rú kǔ to suffer every possible torment (idiom) / bitter hardship / to bear one's cross syn 含冤 hán yuān wronged / to suffer false accusations syn 败北 敗北 bài běi (literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc) syn 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 人仰马翻 人仰馬翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter) syn 受制 shòu zhì to be controlled (by sb) / to suffer under a yoke syn 破财 破財 pò cái bankrupt / to suffer financial loss syn 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nàn xiōng nàn dì brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat syn 忧患 憂患 yōu huàn suffering / misery / hardship syn 郁结 鬱結 yù jié to suffer from pent-up frustrations / mental knot / emotional issue syn 甘之如饴 甘之如飴 gān zhī rú yí lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment syn 再发 再發 zài fā to reissue / (of a disease) to recur / (of a patient) to suffer a relapse 罹患 lí huàn to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill 难熬 難熬 nán áo (of pain or hardship) hard to bear 遇袭 遇襲 yù xí to suffer attack / to be ambushed 屡遭 屢遭 lǚ zāo to suffer repeatedly syn 先天不足 xiān tiān bù zú to suffer from a congenital deficiency / to have an inherent weakness syn 受虐 shòu nüè to suffer sexual abuse / masochism 垫背 墊背 diàn bèi to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate 遭罪 zāo zuì to endure hardship / to suffer syn 伤筋动骨 傷筋動骨 shāng jīn dòng gǔ to suffer serious injury (idiom) 劲草 勁草 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship 蒙 méng to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat syn 苦 kǔ bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly syn 患 huàn to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry syn 挨 ái to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle syn 赔 賠 péi to compensate for loss / to indemnify / to suffer a financial loss syn 摔跟头 摔跟頭 shuāi gēn tou to fall / fig. to suffer a setback syn 艰 艱 jiān difficult / hard / hardship syn 罹 lí happen to / sorrow / suffer from syn 安之若素 ān zhī ruò sù bear hardship with equanimity / regard wrongdoing with equanimity syn 耐劳 耐勞 nài láo hardy / able to resist hardship 吃哑巴亏 吃啞巴虧 chī yǎ ba kuī to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering syn 玩火自焚 wán huǒ zì fén to play with fire and get burnt (idiom) / fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences / to get one's fingers burnt syn 倒栽葱 倒栽蔥 dào zāi cōng to fall headlong / (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure 挨板子 ái bǎn zi to suffer beating / fig. to be severely criticized / to take a hammering 惹火烧身 惹火燒身 rě huǒ shāo shēn stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom) / to get one's fingers burnt / fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling syn 挨批 ái pī to be criticized / to suffer blame 风吹雨打 風吹雨打 fēng chuī yǔ dǎ lit. windswept and battered by rain / to undergo hardship (idiom) syn 挨斗 挨鬥 ái dòu to suffer censure / denounced syn 茹苦含辛 rú kǔ hán xīn bitter hardship / to bear one's cross syn 凿壁偷光 鑿壁偷光 záo bì tōu guāng lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship 人财两空 人財兩空 rén cái liǎng kōng (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well / to get burned both romantically and financially 恶有恶报 惡有惡報 è yǒu è bào evil has its retribution (idiom) / to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds / sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7) 抹一鼻子灰 mǒ yī bí zi huī lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff 红颜薄命 紅顏薄命 hóng yán bó mìng beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) 饱人不知饿人饥 飽人不知餓人飢 bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom). 饱汉不知饿汉饥 飽漢不知餓漢飢 bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom). 