English
- clod of earth, lump of soil
- used in 坷垃[ke1 la1]
- used in 坎坷[kan3 ke3]
Words containing 坷
- 坎坷ham1 ho1
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
- 坎坷不平ham1 ho2 bat1 ping4
potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
- 坷垃ho2 laap6
(dialect) clod (of earth)
- 土坷垃tou2 ho2 laap6
(dialect) clod of earth
- 命途坎坷ming6 tou4 ham2 ho2
to have a tough life
- 坎坷多舛ham2 ho2 do1 cyun2
full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)