jiān​nán​jié​jué

difficulties and destitution

艰难竭蹶 艱難竭蹶 jiān​nán​jié​jué
difficulties and destitution
Describes a life of extreme hardship where it is difficult to make ends meet; literally refers to stumbling while walking, used as a metaphor for a complete lack of financial resources.

Frequency

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0.004 per million

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BCC Corpus (BLCU)