Definition

Examples

• 她从小失去双亲，真是苦命。
  Tā cóngxiǎo shīqù shuāngqīn, zhēn shì kǔ mìng.
  She lost both parents as a child — truly a miserable fate.
• 他不甘心接受苦命，一直努力改变命运。
  Tā bù gānxīn jiēshòu kǔ mìng, yìzhí nǔlì gǎibiàn mìngyùn.
  He refused to accept his hard lot and kept striving to change his destiny.
• 老一辈人常说，苦命的人更要坚强。
  Lǎo yībèi rén cháng shuō, kǔ mìng de rén gèng yào jiānqiáng.
  Older generations often say that people with a hard lot must be even stronger.