There are 19 total results for your Hard Life search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
崎嶇 崎岖 see styles |
qí qū qi2 qu1 ch`i ch`ü chi chü kiku きく |
rugged; craggy (adjective) (1) (rare) steep (mountain); precipitous; (adjective) (2) (rare) hard (life); difficult; troubled sincerely |
歹命 see styles |
dǎi mìng dai3 ming4 tai ming |
(Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā]) |
小確幸 小确幸 see styles |
xiǎo què xìng xiao3 que4 xing4 hsiao ch`üeh hsing hsiao chüeh hsing shoukakkou / shokakko しょうかっこう |
something small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store) (slang) (abbr. of 小さいけど確かな幸せ; from an essay by Haruki Murakami) simple pleasure (in life) |
難度海 难度海 see styles |
nán dù hǎi nan2 du4 hai3 nan tu hai nando kai |
The ocean hard to cross, the sea of life and death, or mortality. |
一所懸命 see styles |
isshokenmei / isshokenme いっしょけんめい |
(adv,adj-na,n) (1) (yoji) (See 一生懸命) very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately; (2) (hist) (yoji) (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory |
一生懸命 see styles |
isshoukenmei / isshokenme いっしょうけんめい |
(adj-na,n-adv,n) (yoji) very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life |
世知辛い see styles |
sechigarai せちがらい |
(adjective) hard (life); tough (world) |
人艱不拆 人艰不拆 see styles |
rén jiān bù chāi ren2 jian1 bu4 chai1 jen chien pu ch`ai jen chien pu chai |
life is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang) |
千錘百鍊 千锤百炼 see styles |
qiān chuí bǎi liàn qian1 chui2 bai3 lian4 ch`ien ch`ui pai lien chien chui pai lien |
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life |
反裘負芻 反裘负刍 see styles |
fǎn qiú fù chú fan3 qiu2 fu4 chu2 fan ch`iu fu ch`u fan chiu fu chu |
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom); fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work; fig. to act stupidly |
拼死拼活 see styles |
pīn sǐ pīn huó pin1 si3 pin1 huo2 p`in ssu p`in huo pin ssu pin huo |
one's utmost; (to fight or work) desperately hard; to put up a life or death struggle; at all costs |
耐乏生活 see styles |
taibouseikatsu / taibosekatsu たいぼうせいかつ |
(yoji) hard life; life of austerity |
食荼臥棘 食荼卧棘 see styles |
shí tú wò jí shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2 shih t`u wo chi shih tu wo chi |
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people |
一生けん命 see styles |
isshoukenmei / isshokenme いっしょうけんめい |
(adj-na,n-adv,n) (yoji) very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life |
天帝生驢胎 see styles |
tiān dì shēng lǘ tāi tian1 di4 sheng1 lv2 tai1 t`ien ti sheng lü t`ai tien ti sheng lü tai |
Lord of devas, born in the womb of an ass, a Buddhist fable, that Indra knowing he was to be reborn from the womb of an ass, in sorrow sought to escape his fate, and was told that trust in Buddha was the only way. Before he reached Buddha his life came to an end and he found himself in the ass. His resolve, however, had proved effective, for the master of the ass beat her so hard that she dropped her foal dead. Thus Indra returned to his former existence and began his ascent to Buddha. |
人生行路難し see styles |
jinseikourokatashi / jinsekorokatashi じんせいこうろかたし |
(expression) (proverb) life is not easy; life is hard |
Variations: |
isshoukenmei / isshokenme いっしょうけんめい |
(adj-na,n-adv,n) (yoji) (See 一所懸命) very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life |
Variations: |
isshoukenmei / isshokenme いっしょうけんめい |
(adv,adj-na,n) (yoji) very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately |
Variations: |
isshoukenmei / isshokenme いっしょうけんめい |
(adv,adj-na,n) (yoji) very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 19 results for "Hard Life" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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