坎坷多舛 kǎn kě duō chuǎn

full of hardship and bad luck in life

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
坎 kǎn
hole; pit; threshold
坷 kě
uneven (path); unfortunate (in life)
多 duō HSK 1
many; a lot of; numerous
舛 chuǎn
contradictory; mistaken; erroneous