Dictionary: “苦心惨澹”

苦心惨澹

くしんさんたん

taking great pains

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.

Kun/On information

苦

On: く
Kun: くる.しい;-ぐる.しい;くる.しむ;くる.しめる;にが.い;にが.る
Stroke count: 8

・suffering

・trial

・worry

・hardship

・feel bitter

・scowl

心

On: しん
Kun: こころ;-ごころ
Stroke count: 4

・heart

・mind

・spirit

・heart radical (no. 61)

惨

On: さん;ざん
Kun: みじ.め;いた.む;むご.い
Stroke count: 11

・wretched

・disaster

・cruelty

・harsh

澹

On: たん;せん
Kun: あわ.い
Stroke count: 16

・calm

・quiet

・bland

・rocking

・rippling

・suffice