世事難料

世事难料
shìshìnánliào

worldly affairs are difficult to predict

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Entry Composition

1 世事 shìshì
  1. affairs of life
  2. things of the world
=2 難 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
=2 難 nàn
  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold
=3 料 liào
  1. material
  2. stuff
  3. grain
  4. feed
  5. to expect
  6. to anticipate
  7. to guess
=3 料 liáo alternative form of 撩 (“to tease; to provoke”)