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kǎn

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kǎn
  1. 1.(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

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  1. 1.bumpy
  2. 2.hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured

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Etymology

Coined by Han dynasty's scholar Yang Xiong in his 《河東賦》 "Hedong Rhapsody", included in Book of Han

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