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坎坷不平

kǎn kě bù píng

4-character word

What 坎坷不平 means

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

The characters in 坎坷不平

• 坎kǎnpit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
• 坷kēused in 坷垃
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level

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