坎坷
ham1 ho1kǎn kě
English
- (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
- bumpy; rough; full of frustration
粵語 — Cantonese
- 唔順利,要面對好多困難
Examples
佢嘅一生非常坎坷。
He has suffered a lifetime of frustrations.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk