坎坷
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Chinese[edit]
pit; threshold | |||
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simp. and trad. (坎坷) |
坎 | 坷 | |
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Etymology[edit]
Coined by Han dynasty's scholar Yang Xiong in his 《河東賦》 "Hedong Rhapsody", included in Book of Han:
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坎坷
- (of a road) bumpy
- 踏平坎坷,成大道;鬥罷艱險,又出發,又出發。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1986, 閻肅 Yan Su (lyricist) & 許鏡清 Xu Jingqing (composer),《敢問路在何方》 "Dare I ask where is the road?"
- Tà píng kǎnkě, chéng dàdào; dòubà jiānxiǎn, yòu chūfā, yòu chūfā. [Pinyin]
- Trampling the roughs flat, into the great road; fighting and overcoming hardships and dangers, then starting again. Starting again.
踏平坎坷,成大道;斗罢艰险,又出发,又出发。 [MSC, simp.]
- (figurative, of life) hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured
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