坎坷多舛

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

kǎn = k + an3

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

kǎn = k + an3

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

kě = k + e3

uneven (path) / unfortunate (in life)

duō = du + o1

many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to sb's life)

chuǎn = chu + an3

mistaken / erroneous / contradictory

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