举步维艰

Traditional form:

舉步維艱

Pinyin (reading):

jǔbùwéijiān

Definitions:

• to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)

Characters:

• 举 - to raise; to recommend; to praise
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
• 维 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 艰 - difficult, hard; hardship

Traditional characters:

• 舉 - to raise; to recommend; to praise
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
• 維 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 艱 - difficult, hard; hardship