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步履维艰

bù lǚ wéi jiān

4-character word Traditional 步履維艱

What 步履维艰 means

1. to have difficulty walking (idiom)
2. to walk with difficulty

The characters in 步履维艰

• 步bùa step; a pace; walk
• 履lǚshoe; to tread on
• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 艰jiāndifficult; hard; hardship

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