维艰 wéijiān very difficult Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 维 維 wéi [auxiliary] (literary) used at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence to balance the rhythm or adjust tone, same as 惟 wéi or 唯 wéi艰 艱 jiān adjective difficult (bound form) difficult; arduous; hard; full of hardships