命途坎坷
mìng tú kǎn kě
Pinyin

Definition

命途坎坷
 - 
mìng tú kǎn kě
  1. to have a tough life
  2. to meet much adversity in one's life

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
中途
zhōng tú
  1. 1 midway
人命
rén mìng
  1. 1 human life
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
使命
shǐ mìng
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 long-term task to which one devotes oneself
  3. 3 a calling
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
前途
qián tú
  1. 1 prospects
  2. 2 future outlook
  3. 3 journey
命中
mìng zhòng
  1. 1 to hit (a target)
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
命名
mìng míng
  1. 1 to give a name to
  2. 2 to dub
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to designate
  5. 5 named after
  6. 6 naming
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
命题
mìng tí
  1. 1 proposition (logic, math.)
  2. 2 to assign an essay topic
坎坷
kǎn kě
  1. 1 bumpy (of a road)
  2. 2 rough (of life)
  3. 3 to be down on one's luck
  4. 4 to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
寿命
shòu mìng
  1. 1 life span
  2. 2 life expectancy
  3. 3 lifetime (of a machine)
天命
Tiān mìng
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 fate
  4. 4 one's life span
宿命
sù mìng
  1. 1 predestination
  2. 2 karma
征途
zhēng tú
  1. 1 long journey
  2. 2 trek
  3. 3 course of an expedition

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
坎坷不平
kǎn kě bù píng
  1. 1 potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  1. 1 deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
  2. 2 (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
  1. 1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. avaricious
  3. 3 tightfisted
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng
  1. 1 to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn
  1. 1 bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng
  1. 1 violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
  2. 2 an unnatural death
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
  1. 1 different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
  1. 1 The path of learning can never be smooth.
  2. 2 There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)

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