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坎坷多舛

Mandarin · pinyin kǎn kě duō chuǎn

Meanings

  1. full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)
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坎
kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
坷
kě · clod of earth, lump of soil
多
duō · much, many; more than, over
舛
chuǎn · oppose, deviate, be contrary to; Kangxi radical 136
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3–3–1–3 · kan3 ke3 duo1 chuan3

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ham1 ho1 do1 cyun2

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坎坷多舛 · kan3 ke3 duo1 chuan3
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Exact source record坎坷多舛 坎坷多舛 [kan3 ke3 duo1 chuan3] /full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)/