艱難曲折

Chinese

		hard; difficult; challenging	winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
trad. (艱難曲折)		艱難	曲折
simp. (艰难曲折)		艰难	曲折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānnánqūzhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānnánqūzhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄩ ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiannáncyujhé
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-nan²-chʻü¹-chê²
    • Yale: jyān-nán-chyū-jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannanchiujer
    • Palladius: цзяньнаньцюйчжэ (czjanʹnanʹcjujčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nän³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/

Idiom

艱難曲折

1. arduous and tortuous; full of difficulties and reverses

   • 任何新生事物的成長都是要經過艱難曲折的。在社會主義事業中，要想不經過艱難曲折，不付出極大努力，總是一帆風順，容易得到成功，這種想法，只是幻想。 [MSC, trad.]
     任何新生事物的成长都是要经过艰难曲折的。在社会主义事业中，要想不经过艰难曲折，不付出极大努力，总是一帆风顺，容易得到成功，这种想法，只是幻想。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Rènhé xīnshēng shìwù de chéngzhǎng dōu shì yào jīngguò jiānnánqūzhé de. Zài shèhuì zhǔyì shìyè zhōng, yào xiǎng bù jīngguò jiānnánqūzhé, bù fùchū jídà nǔlì, zǒngshì yīfānfēngshùn, róngyì dédào chénggōng, zhè zhǒng xiǎngfǎ, zhǐ shì huànxiǎng. [Pinyin]

     New things always have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow. It is sheer fantasy to imagine that the cause of socialism is all plain sailing and easy success, with no difficulties and setbacks, or without the exertion of tremendous efforts.