1 bumpy (of a road)

2 rough (of life)

3 to be down on one's luck

4 to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

1 Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei

2 Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208

1 naked

2 bare

1 pit

2 threshold

3 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water

4 ☵

1 critical juncture

2 key moment

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

1 for no reason (idiom)

1 empty hand, empty fist (idiom); having nothing to rely on

2 unarmed and defenseless

1 lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom)

2 fig. to go all out

3 to come out in the open

1 lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty

2 to serve sb with body and soul