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叫苦連天

简叫苦连天 · 繁叫苦連天

Mandarin · pinyin jiào kǔ lián tiān

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4–3–2–1 · jiao4 ku3 lian2 tian1

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giu3 fu2 lin4 tin1

Cantonese word readings for 叫苦連天. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(idiomatic) to be full of complaints; to complain to high heaven; to complain bitterly