命途多舛 — Chinese idiom
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
Meaning
- to meet with many difficulties in one's life
Character by character
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 途túway, road, path, journey, course
- 多duōmuch, many, multi-; more than, over
- 舛chuǎnmistaken; to be contrary; to deviate
Idioms sharing a character
- 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū
- 一钱如命 yī qián rú mìng
- 亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú
- 人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān
- 命中注定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng
- 命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī
- 命归黄泉 mìng guī Huáng quán
- 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng
- 威尊命贱 wēi zūn mìng jiàn
- 安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng
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