suffering

n. state in which one endures some difficulty or misfortune, distress, hardship, pain, agony

v. feel pain, experience loss or harm, endure misfortune; be punished; tolerate, endure; stand, bear; allow, permit

Suffering, or pain in this sense, is a basic affective experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with harm or threat of harm in an individual. It constitutes the negative basis of affective states (emotions, feelings, moods, sentiments), while pleasure or happiness constitutes the positive basis.
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(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffer
  

(n.)
The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs.
  

(a.)
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
  

Noun
1. a state of acute pain
(synonym) agony, excruciation
(hypernym) pain, hurting
(hyponym) throe
(derivation) hurt, ache, suffer
2. misery resulting from affliction
(synonym) woe
(hypernym) misery, wretchedness
(derivation) suffer
3. psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
(synonym) distress, hurt
(hypernym) pain, painfulness
(hyponym) anguish, torment, torture
(derivation) suffer
4. feelings of mental or physical pain
(synonym) hurt
(hypernym) pain, painfulness
(hyponym) agony, torment, torture
(derivation) hurt, ache, suffer
Adjective
1. troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
(similar) troubled
2. very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
(synonym) miserable, wretched
(similar) unhappy

Verb
1. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
(synonym) endure
(antonym) enjoy
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
(hyponym) tolerate
2. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
(synonym) sustain, have, get
(hypernym) experience, receive, have, get, undergo
(hyponym) break down, collapse
(verb-group) have
(derivation) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
3. endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
(hypernym) feel, experience
(hyponym) agonize, agonise
(verb-group) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up
(derivation) martyr, sufferer
4. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
(synonym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up
(hypernym) permit, allow, let, countenance
(hyponym) accept, live with, swallow
(derivation) toleration, acceptance, sufferance
5. get worse; "His grades suffered"
(hypernym) worsen, decline
(verb-group) lose
6. feel pain or be in pain
(synonym) hurt
(antonym) be well
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) have
(derivation) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
7. feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
(synonym) hurt, ache
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(hyponym) catch, get
(derivation) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
8. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
(synonym) meet
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
9. feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) freeze
10. be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
(hypernym) tend, be given, lean, incline, run
11. be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
(synonym) lose
(hypernym) worsen, decline

liang3 bai4 ju4 shang1
Both sides suffer.
Said of a struggle that benefits neither of the parties involved.

shui3 shen1 huo3 re4
Deep water and hot fire.
Describing the deepest misery in which it's impossible to live. An abyss of sufferings.

nan4 xiong1 nan4 di4
Suffering big brother, suffering little brother.
Originally meaning brothers with the same ability and virtue. Later describing people who are in the same boat, struggling in difficulties together. Two of a kind.