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命途坎坷

Mandarin · pinyin mìng tú kǎn kě

Meanings

  1. to have a tough life
  2. to meet much adversity in one's life
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命
mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
途
tú · way, road, path, journey; course
坎
kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
坷
kě · clod of earth, lump of soil
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4–2–3–3 · ming4 tu2 kan3 ke3

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ming6 tou4 ham1 ho1

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