痛苦 tòng kǔ pain / suffering / painful / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 疼痛 téng tòng pain / (of a body part) to be painful / to be sore / to hurt / (of a person) to be in pain syn 抑制 yì zhì to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress syn 哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey / ow / ouch / interjection of pain or surprise syn 缓解 緩解 huǎn jiě to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain) syn 伤痛 傷痛 shāng tòng pain (from wound) / sorrow syn 平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn 痛楚 tòng chǔ pain / anguish / suffering syn 机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn 镇压 鎮壓 zhèn yā suppression / repression / to suppress / to put down / to quell syn 免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn 禁欲 禁慾 jìn yù to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism 痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead syn 止痛 zhǐ tòng to relieve pain / to stop pain / analgesic 抹杀 抹殺 mǒ shā to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress syn 苦痛 kǔ tòng pain / suffering syn 剧痛 劇痛 jù tòng acute pain / sharp pain / twinge / stab / pang 腹痛 fù tòng bellyache / stomach pain 止咳 zhǐ ké to suppress coughing 讨伐 討伐 tǎo fá to suppress by armed force / to send a punitive expedition against / to crusade against syn 苦楚 kǔ chǔ suffering / misery / pain (esp. psychological) syn 硬撑 硬撐 yìng chēng to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc syn 取缔 取締 qǔ dì to suppress / to crack down on / to prohibit syn 痛经 痛經 tòng jīng period pain / menstrual cramps / dysmenorrhea 防暴 fáng bào to suppress a riot / riot control 钻心 鑽心 zuān xīn to sneak in / to infiltrate / to be piercingly painful / to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc) 啊哟 啊喲 ā yo interjection of surprise or pain / Oh / Ow / My goodness! 疾苦 jí kǔ pain and difficulties / suffering (of the people) syn 绞痛 絞痛 jiǎo tòng sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛 查禁 chá jìn to prohibit / to ban / to suppress syn 龇牙咧嘴 齜牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs syn 清剿 qīng jiǎo to suppress (insurgents) / clean-up operation syn 钳制 鉗制 qián zhì to suppress / to muzzle / to gag syn 切肤之痛 切膚之痛 qiè fū zhī tòng keenly felt pain / bitter anguish syn 压痛 壓痛 yā tòng (medicine) tenderness / pain experienced when touched or palpated 痛定思痛 tòng dìng sī tòng to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience syn 缉私 緝私 jī sī to suppress smugglers / to search for smuggled goods 长吁短叹 長吁短嘆 cháng xū duǎn tàn long moan and short gasp (idiom) / continually moaning and groaning in pain syn 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 痛痒 痛癢 tòng yǎng pain and itch / sufferings / importance / consequence syn 心痛 xīn tòng to feel distressed about sth / heartache / cardiac pain 压制 壓制 yā zhì to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle syn 打压 打壓 dǎ yā to suppress / to beat down 刺痛 cì tòng to tingle / to sting / to have a sudden sharp pain / (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle / prick / sting / stab of pain 胸闷 胸悶 xiōng mēn chest pain / chest distress 难熬 難熬 nán áo (of pain or hardship) hard to bear 无痛 無痛 wú tòng painless / pain-free 离愁 離愁 lí chóu parting sorrow / pain of separation 哎呦 āi yōu (interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc) / Oh my! / Uh-oh! / Ah! / Ouch! 隐痛 隱痛 yǐn tòng hidden anguish / secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain syn 剿匪 jiǎo fěi to send armed forces to suppress 减除 減除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 祛风 祛風 qū fēng to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) / lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM) 哎唷 āi yō interjection of pain or surprise / also written 哎喲|哎哟 灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain 心如刀绞 心如刀絞 xīn rú dāo jiǎo to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) 弹压 彈壓 tán yā to suppress / to quell (a disturbance) / repression syn 痛 tòng ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly syn 镇 鎮 zhèn to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks) syn 苦 kǔ bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly syn 讨 討 tǎo to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study syn 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 咬紧牙关 咬緊牙關 yǎo jǐn yá guān lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom) / fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain / to bite the bullet syn 止痛剂 止痛劑 zhǐ tòng jì an analgesic / pain killer 靖 jìng (bound form) peaceful / (bound form) to pacify / to suppress syn 追剿 zhuī jiǎo to pursue and eliminate / to suppress 捺 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) syn 戡 kān kill / suppress 讨嫌 討嫌 tǎo xián disagreeable / hateful / a pain in the neck 劳什子 勞什子 láo shí zi (dialect) nuisance / pain 不胜其苦 不勝其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ unable to bear the pain (idiom) 倒悬之苦 倒懸之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits 爱别离苦 愛別離苦 ài bié lí kǔ (Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[ba1 ku3] 闪痛 閃痛 shǎn tòng stabbing pain / intermittent flash of pain 抽痛 chōu tòng to throb with pain / throbbing pain / twang / pang / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] 洋罪 yáng zuì terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners 败胃 敗胃 bài wèi (of food or medicine) to impair digestion / to suppress appetite / (fig.) (of some objectionable aspect of sth) to cause one to lose interest / to put one off 厘金 lí jīn a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion 四一二事变 四一二事變 sì yī èr shì biàn the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature 平靖 píng jìng to suppress rebellion and quell unrest / to bring calm and order to / calm and peaceful / tranquil 强忍悲痛 強忍悲痛 qiáng rěn bēi tòng to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom) 戡乱平反 戡亂平反 kān luàn píng fǎn to suppress a rebellion (idiom) 扶正压邪 扶正壓邪 fú zhèng yā xié to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom) 钳住 鉗住 qián zhù to clamp down / to suppress 镇得住 鎮得住 zhèn de zhù to manage to suppress / to keep under control 咽住 嚥住 yàn zhù to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc) 遏抑 è yì to suppress / to restrain 镇暴 鎮暴 zhèn bào to suppress a riot / riot control 镇反运动 鎮反運動 zhèn fǎn yùn dòng Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. for 鎮壓反革命運動|镇压反革命运动[Zhen4 ya1 Fan3 ge2 ming4 Yun4 dong4] 镇压反革命运动 鎮壓反革命運動 zhèn yā fǎn gé mìng yùn dòng Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动[Zhen4 fan3 Yun4 dong4] 痌 tōng moaning in pain 止痛法 zhǐ tòng fǎ method of relieving pain 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain) / to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) 不劳无获 不勞無獲 bù láo wú huò no pain, no gain (idiom) 刀刺性痛 dāo cì xìng tòng lancing pain 切痛 qiē tòng sharp pain 创痛 創痛 chuāng tòng pain from a wound 