hardship

n. difficulty, suffering, trouble

Noun
1. a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
(synonym) adversity, hard knocks
(hypernym) misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
(hyponym) ill-being
2. something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
(synonym) asperity, grimness, rigor, rigour, severity, rigorousness
(hypernym) difficulty, difficultness
3. something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"
(hypernym) misfortune, bad luck

(n.)
That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
  

wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3
Sleeping on firewood and tasting gall.
To make a determined effort and go through hardships to make oneself strong. Through hardships to the stars.

duo1 nan4 xing1 bang1
Many hardships favourable to a nation.
This expression can be used when encouraging people to achieve success by overcoming difficulties.

n.
سختي, کشٹ, دشواري, اذيت, آزار