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Meaning of 坷

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坷
Pinyin: kě
English Definition: uneven (path); unfortunate (in life)
Chinese Definition:
①(坎坷)见“坎”。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 土
Pictophonetic:可 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • 可 [ kě ] may, can, -able; possibly
Similar Characters: 珂
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Example Words
坎坷 kǎn kě bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
坎坷不平 kǎn kě bù píng potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
命途坎坷 mìng tú kǎn kě to have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life
坎坷不遇 kǎn kě bù yù to have met with many difficulties but few opportunities (idiom)
坎坷多舛 kǎn kě duō chuǎn full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)
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Example Sentences
1
困难莰坷是人们的生活教科书
。
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
2
困苦莰坷是人们的生活教科书
。
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
3
当然坷以了
。
康乃馨在西方是母爱的象征
,
是吧
?
Of course. Carnation is a sign of maternal love in the West. Am I right?
4
学习英文的道路是莰坷的
,
让我们携起手来共同前进吧
!
Learning English way is bumpy let us join hands to advance together!
5
在
1476年
威廉卡坷斯顿返回英国后英语成长的更快了
。
English began to grow more quickly when William Caxton returned to Britain in the year fourteen seventy-six.