Meaning of jiān áo:
煎熬
to suffer; to torture; to torment
Tā zài tòngkǔ zhōng jīnglìle jǐ zhōu de jiān'áo.
他在痛苦中经历了几周的煎熬。
He went through several weeks of suffering in pain.
Nà duàn rìzi zhēn shì yī zhǒng jīngshén shàng de jiān'áo.
那段日子真是一种精神上的煎熬。
Those days were really a mental torture.
Zài màncháng de děngdài zhōng, tā de xīnlíng bǎoshòu zhe jiān'áo.
在漫长的等待中,他的心灵饱受着煎熬。
During the long wait, his heart was tormented.
ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
Děng dài jié guǒ duì wǒ lái shuō shì yī zhǒng wú jìn de jiān áo.
等待结果对我来说是一种无尽的煎熬。
Waiting for the results was an endless ordeal for me.
Děngdài jiéguǒ de guòchéng ràng rén juédé shì yī zhǒng jiān'áo.
等待结果的过程让人觉得是一种煎熬。
The process of waiting for the results feels like a kind of suffering.
Děngdài jiéguǒ de guòchéng ràng wǒ juédé shì yī zhǒng jiān'áo.
等待结果的过程让我觉得是一种煎熬。
The process of waiting for the results felt like torture to me.
Shīqù qīnrén de tòngkǔ shì yī zhǒng shēnshēn de jiān'áo.
失去亲人的痛苦是一种深深的煎熬。
The pain of losing loved ones is a deep torment.