苦 恼

kǔnǎo

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Vexed” in Chinese is 苦恼 (kǔnǎo).

Meaning

vexed
distressed

Example

她承认她很苦恼。

She acknowledged she was upset.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kǔHSK 38 strokesbitter nǎoHSK 7-99 strokesto get angry

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