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 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 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 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship syn 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 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 郁结 鬱結 yù jié to suffer from pent-up frustrations / mental knot / emotional issue 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 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) 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 罹 lí happen to / sorrow / suffer from syn 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 挨斗 挨鬥 ái dòu to suffer censure / denounced syn 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). 赔了夫人又折兵 賠了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy 家道中落 jiā dào zhōng luò to come down in the world (idiom) / to suffer a reversal of fortune 屡战屡败 屢戰屢敗 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom) 防暑降温 防暑降溫 fáng shǔ jiàng wēn to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature 热射病 熱射病 rè shè bìng heatstroke 大吃苦头 大吃苦頭 dà chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers 中箭落马 中箭落馬 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom) 二茬罪 èr chá zuì to suffer second persecution 冤抑 yuān yì to suffer injustice 冤死 yuān sǐ to suffer an unjust death 受到影响 受到影響 shòu dào yǐng xiǎng affected (usually adversely) / to suffer 哑巴吃黄莲 啞巴吃黃蓮 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) 哑巴吃黄连 啞巴吃黃連 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出 yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出 