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坎坷

坎
坷
bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life) / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

Characters and words in 坎坷

坎
kǎn = k + an3
pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water / ☵
Add a new mnemonic for 坎 = 土 + 欠
坎
埳
kǎn = k + an3
old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole
Add a new mnemonic for 坎 = 土 + 欠
Add a new mnemonic for 埳 = 土 + 臽
坷
kě = k + e3
uneven (path) / unfortunate (in life)
Add a new mnemonic for 坷 = 土 + 可

Words with 坎坷

坎坷不平 命途坎坷 坎坷多舛
坎
坷
不
平
potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
命
途
坎
坷
to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life
坎
坷
多
舛
full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

Sentences with 坎坷

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