坎坷多舛 kǎn kě duō chuǎn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

坎 kǎn pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis
坷 kě clod of earth, lump of soil
多 duō
HSK 1
much, many; more than, over
舛 chuǎn oppose, deviate, be contrary to