命途多舛

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Chinese

life; fate way; route; road
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
mistaken; erroneous; contradictory
trad. (命途多舛)
simp. #(命途多舛)

Etymology

From Tengwang Ge Xu by 王勃 (Wang Bo):

嗟乎時運不齊命途多舛 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
嗟乎时运不齐命途多舛 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 7th century, 王勃 (Wang Bo), s:滕王閣序
Jiēhū! Shíyùnbùqí, mìngtúduōchuǎn.
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Pronunciation


Idiom

命途多舛

  1. to suffer many setbacks in life