疾苦

Traditional form:

疾苦

Pinyin (reading):

jíkǔ

Definitions:

• pain and difficulties
• suffering (of the people)

Characters:

• 疾 - sickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering

Traditional characters:

• 疾 - sickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering