叫苦不迭 |
jiào kǔ bu dié |
to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly / incessant grievances |
叫 |
jiào |
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
叫 |
jiào |
variant of 叫 |
叫苦 |
jiào kǔ |
to whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble |
苦 |
kǔ |
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |
不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
不迭 |
bù dié |
cannot cope / find it too much / incessantly |
迭 |
dié |
alternately / repeatedly |