坎坷不平

kǎn kě bù píng

Meaning

potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

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坎kǎnpit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis土欠坷kěuneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil土可不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一平píngflat, level, even; peaceful干丷