5 causing unhappiness, discomfort or pain; difficult to endure 困苦的; 难以忍受的: have a hard childhood 童年生活很艰苦 *| be given/have a hard time, ie experience difficulties, misfortunes, etc 过苦日子(经受艰难, 不幸等)*| in these hard times, ie when life is difficult because of povert...