举步维艰舉步維艱

jǔ bù wéi jiān

Meaning

to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

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举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise兴扌步bùwalk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress止维wéito preserve, to maintain, to hold together纟隹艰jiāndifficult, hard; hardship又艮