維艱

维艰
wéijiān
  1. (literary) very difficult
  2. very difficult

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 維 Wéi
  1. abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾 Wéiwúěr
  2. surname Wei
=1 維 wéi
  1. to preserve
  2. to maintain
  3. to hold together
  4. dimension
  5. vitamin (abbr. for 維生素 wéishēngsù)
=1 維 yōng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 盧維／卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”)
  2. only used in 盧維／卢维 (“ancient river in the Yan Province”)
2 艱 jiān
  1. difficult
  2. hard
  3. hardship

Containing this entry

步履維艱 bùlǚwéijiān
  1. to have difficulty walking (idiom)
  2. to walk with difficulty
舉步維艱 jǔbùwéijiān to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)