yān​jiǎn

thwarted

  • created sense approved 淹蹇 · yān​jiǎn · thwarted — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    淹蹇

    yān​jiǎn

    thwarted

    (literary) to be thwarted; to meet with misfortune or be delayed by circumstances; to be hindered

    淹 (literal) → 淹 · yān · (bound form) to stay 蹇 (literal) → 蹇 · jiǎn · difficult

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense