举步维艰

to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

variant of 舉|举[ju3]

to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed

(literary) to move forward

surname Bu

a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation

abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] / surname Wei

to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])

difficult / hard / hardship