Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words坎坷

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坎坷

kǎn kě·ㄎㄢˇ ㄎㄜˇ

“uneven ground, hard to walk on; a life full of setbacks and misfortunes”

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A pit or hole in the ground; one of the eight trigrams representing water; a surname; also describes the sound of drumming or chopping.

Lump of earth or soil; used in the word for a bumpy or difficult road.