忧苦以终

Traditional form:

憂苦以終

Pinyin (reading):

yōukǔyǐzhōng

Definitions:

• worried to death (idiom)

Characters:

• 忧 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 终 - end; finally, in the end

Traditional characters:

• 憂 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 終 - end; finally, in the end