坎坷不平

Traditional form:

坎坷不平

Pinyin (reading):

kǎnkěbùpíng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 坎 - pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
• 坷 - uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful

Traditional characters:

• 坎 - pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
• 坷 - uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful