坎坷

Traditional form:

坎坷

Pinyin (reading):

kǎnkě

Definitions:

• (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

Characters:

• 坎 - pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
• 坷 - uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil

Traditional characters:

• 坎 - pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
• 坷 - uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil