艰难险阻 — Chinese idiom
艰难险阻
jiān nán xiǎn zǔ
Traditional: 艱難險阻
Meaning
- untold dangers and difficulties
Character by character
- 艰jiāndifficult, hard; hardship
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 险xiǎnnarrow pass, strategic point
- 阻zǔto hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose
Idioms sharing a character
- 步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān
- 举步维艰 jǔ bù wéi jiān
- 艰深晦涩 jiān shēn huì sè
- 艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù
- 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 人心难测 rén xīn nán cè
- 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
- 勉为其难 miǎn wéi qí nán
- 千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng
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