苦难: suffering...
拴: to tie up...
无情: pitiless, ruthless, merciless, heartless...
截止: to close, to stop, to put a stop to sth, cut-off point, stopping point, deadline...
绞: to twist (strands into a thread), to entangle, to wring, to hang (by the neck), to turn, to wind, classifier for skeins of yarn...
旗帜: ensign, flag...
次日: next day, the morrow...
配合: matching, fitting in with, compatible with, to correspond, to fit, to conform to, rapport, to coordinate with, to act in concert with, to cooperate, to become man and wife, to combine parts of mac...
碎: to break down, to break into pieces, fragmentary...
气功: qigong, a system of deep breathing exercises...
