苦境

kǔjìng
  1. grievance
  2. dire straits

CEDICT

hard and difficult circumstances; dire straits

Wiktionary

艰难困苦的境遇。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
2 境 jìng
  1. border
  2. place
  3. condition
  4. boundary
  5. circumstances
  6. territory

Related entries

嫌怨 xiányuàn
  1. grievance
  2. hatred
怨气 yuànqì
  1. grievance
  2. resentment
  3. complaint
积怨 jīyuàn
  1. grievance
  2. accumulated rancor
冤 yuān
  1. injustice
  2. grievance
  3. wrong
委屈 wěiqu
  1. to feel wronged
  2. to cause sb to feel wronged
  3. grievance
诉苦 sùkǔ
  1. to grumble
  2. to complain
  3. grievance
酸楚 suānchǔ
  1. disconsolate
  2. forlorn
  3. grievance
不平 bùpíng
  1. uneven
  2. injustice
  3. unfairness
  4. wrong
  5. grievance
  6. indignant
  7. dissatisfied
地面高低不平，給部隊前進帶來了困難。

The rugged terrain made the troops' advance difficult.

Source: Tatoeba

倒悬之危 dàoxuánzhīwēi
  1. lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. dire straits
倒悬之急 dàoxuánzhījí
  1. lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. dire straits
倒悬之苦 dàoxuánzhīkǔ
  1. lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. dire straits