Meaning of 八苦 in Japanese

Definition of 八苦

はっく(hakku) 【八苦】

(n) (Buddh) the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

しくはっく(shikuhakku) 【四苦八苦】

しちなんはっく(shichinanhakku) 【七難八苦】

レポートを書くかくのに四苦八苦しくはっくしたする。

I had a very hard time writing the paper.

You look like you're having a lot of trouble setting up that web page. Want some help?

パソコンを始めた頃ころはノートンの重いおもいソフトに騙され四苦八苦しくはっくしていたする。

When I started using a computer I was taken in by Norton's CPU hungry software and had a lot of trouble.