jǔ​bù​wéi​jiān

to struggle to make progress

举步维艰 舉步維艱 jǔ​bù​wéi​jiān
to struggle to make progress
(idiom) walking with great difficulty; also used to describe a situation where every step forward in a project or plan is a struggle due to great hardship or lack of resources

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.270 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.34 per million

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