命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
Pinyin

Definition

命途多舛
 - 
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 条 tiáo
zhōng tú
  1. 1 midway
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20

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
不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
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)
人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.