2 sentences

1. 连年遭凶，百姓生活困苦。

   lián​nián zāo xiōng, bǎi​xìng shēng​huó kùn​kǔ.

   Suffering through successive bad years, the people lived in hardship.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

2. 在这篇描写旧社会的文学作品中，工友们的生活非常困苦。

   zài zhè piān miáo​xiě jiù shè​huì de wén​xué zuò​pǐn zhōng, gōng​yǒu men de shēng​huó fēi​cháng kùn​kǔ.

   In this literary work describing the old society, the lives of workers were very miserable.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary