坎坷不平(kǎn kě bù píng): potholed and bumpy road (idiom)
4 characters
potholed and bumpy road (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- kǎn kě bù píng
- Meaning
- potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- Same
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 坎坷不平 — tap one to open its word page.
yī一bù不xiǎo小xīn心
HSK 7-9to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
yī一dòng动bù不dòng动
HSK 7-9motionless
yī一chéng成bù不biàn变
HSK 7-9(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
yī一máo毛bù不bá拔
HSK 7-9(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)
yī一shēng声bù不kēng吭
HSK 7-9to not say a word
yī一yán言bù不fā发
HSK 7-9to not say a word (idiom)
kǎn坎ér儿
critical juncture
kǎn坎kě坷
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustration…
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