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仕途坎坷
  si6 tou4 ham1 ho1   jyutping
  shi4 tu2 kan3 ke3   pinyin
unsuccessful in one's official/government career

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
仕途坎坷

This word has been viewed 1376 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 9th Mar 2010 03:19 and last edited on 30th Apr 2017 15:40
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Characters in this word:

 si6  -  be an official; enter government service
 tou4  -  road; way; journey
 ham2 ham1 ham3  -  hole; pit; ridge
 ho1  -  unfortunate; clod of earth
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