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Home / Idiom / 艰难竭蹶

difficulties and hardships · hardship and destitution

艰难竭蹶
jiān nán jié jué
j+iān·1st tonen+án·2nd tonej+ié·2nd tonej+üé·2nd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
extreme hardships and difficulties · extremely hard and bitter · overcome untold difficulties with surpassing bravery · most arduous艰苦卓绝jiān kǔ zhuó juébeset by hunger and cold (idiom) · starving and freezing · in desperate poverty饥寒交迫jī hán jiāo pòdifficult · hard · arduous艰苦jiān kǔ
Antonyms
lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off家给人足jiā jǐ rén zúhaving ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed丰衣足食fēng yī zú shí
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