Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “苦心惨澹”

苦心惨澹

くしんさんたん

taking great pains

Example sentence

After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.

Kanji details

苦

・suffering

・trial

・worry

・hardship

・feel bitter

・scowl

心

・heart

・mind

・spirit

・heart radical (no. 61)

惨

・wretched

・disaster

・cruelty

・harsh

澹

・calm

・quiet

・bland

・rocking

・rippling

・suffice