"Great hardships and difficulties" means "개고생" in Korean.

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개고생
 
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Pronunciation ： kae-go-saeng
meaning ： Great hardships and difficulties
"Great hardships and difficulties" is "개고생"(kae-go-saeng) in Korean.
개 in the sense of the dog, and with the 개 used in not very good image, emphasize express 고생. It had better not much used in slang young people mainly use.
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    "Great hardships and difficulties" means "개고생" in Korean.
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