坎坷不平

potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water / ☵

old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole

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

uneven (path) / unfortunate (in life)

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied

surname Ping

flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]