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mìngtúkǎnkě to have a tough life
to meet much adversity in one's life

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        shēngmìng, life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being/creature/CL:個|个[gè],條...
        mìng, life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc
        mìnglìng, order/command/CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
        jiùmìng, to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!
        mìngyùn, [命運], fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhìmìng, fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life
        xìngmìng, life
使         shǐmìng, mission/long-term task to which one devotes oneself/a calling
        dàimìng, to be on call/to be on standby
        pīnmìng, to do one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(to work or fight) as if on...
        zūnmìng, to follow your orders/to do as you bid
        mìngmíng, to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming
        gémìng, revolution/revolutionary (politics)/CL:次[cì]
        mìngzhòng, to hit (a target)
        yàomìng, to cause sb's death/very/extremely/frightening/annoying
        sàngmìng, [喪命], to lose one's life
        rènmìng, to appoint/(job) appointment/CL:紙|纸[zhǐ]
        sòngmìng, to lose one's life/to get killed
        huómìng, life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living
        rénmìng, human life/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        méimìng, [沒命], to lose one's life/to die/recklessly/desperately
        táomìng, to escape/to flee/to run for one's life
        mìngàn, homicide case/murder case
        màimìng, [賣命], to throw one's life in for/to haplessly give one's life for/to sacrifice oneself...
        tīngmìng, [聽命], to obey an order/to take orders/to accept a state of affairs
        fèngmìng, to receive orders/to follow orders/to act under orders
        suànmìng, fortune-telling/to tell fortune
        
        wéitāmìng, [維他命], vitamin (loanword)
寿         shòumìng, [壽命], life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine)
        shēngmìnglì, vitality
        shòumìng, ordained or appointed to a post/to benefit from counsel
        bìmìng, [斃命], to meet violent death/to get killed
        zìmìngbùfán, to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant
        zhìmìngshāng, [致命傷], mortal wound/(fig.) fatal weakness/Achilles' heel
        tīngtiānyóumìng, [聽天由命], to submit to the will of heaven/to resign oneself to fate/to trust to luck
        rènmìng, [認命], to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate/to be resigned to sth
        
        Tiānmìng, Mandate of Heaven/destiny/fate/one's life span
        wángmìng, to flee/to go into exile (from prison)
        sǐyúfēimìng, [死於非命], violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster/an unnatural death
        xiāngyīwéimìng, [相依為命], mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival/inter...
        chūrénmìng, fatal/resulting in sb's death
        gémìngxìng, revolutionary
        
        mìnggēnzi, see 命根[mìng gēn]
        
        chángmìng, [償命], to pay with one's life
        sǐmìng, doom/death/desperately
        duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived
        wángmìngzhītú, runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive
        mìngtí, [命題], proposition (logic, math.)/to assign an essay topic
        
        rénmìngguāntiān, [人命關天], human life is beyond value (idiom)
        shěmìng, [捨命], to risk one's life
        zìmìng, to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
        ráomìng, [饒命], to spare sb's life
        kàngmìng, against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders
        
        mìngzhònglǜ, hit rate/scoring rate
线         shēngmìngxiàn, [生命線], lifeline
        mìngmài, [命脈], lifeline
        mìnggēn, lifeblood/the thing that one cherishes most in life/(coll.) family jewels (male ...
        píyúbēnmìng, [疲於奔命], (idiom) terribly busy/up to one's ears in work
        kǔmìng, hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate
        
        pànmìng, see 拼命[pīn mìng]
        
        mìngkǔ, to be born under an ill star
        
        hěnmìng, exerting all one's strength
        yǔnmìng, [殞命], to die/to perish
        cǎojiānrénmìng, to have disregard for human life (idiom)
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        cuīmìng, to press sb to death/fig. to pressurize sb continually
        shòumìng, to give orders
        gémìngjiā, a revolutionary
        
        
        
        mìngxiàng, horoscope
        móucáihàimìng, [謀財害命], to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
        wánrmìng, [玩兒命], to gamble with life/to take reckless risks
        ānshēnlìmìng, settle down and get on with one's pursuit
        bēnmìng, to rush about on errands/to be kept on the run
        WénhuàDàgémìng, Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
        juémìngshū, [絕命書], suicide note
宿         sùmìnglùn, [宿命論], fatalism/fatalistic
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        fùmìng, [復命], to report on completion of a mission/debriefing
        
        fǎngémìng, counterrevolutionary
        
        ěrtímiànmìng, to give sincere advice (idiom)/to exhort earnestly
        bómìng, to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)/to be born unlucky
        
        
        mínzhǔgémìng, democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude t...

        qiántú, prospects/future outlook/journey
        lǚtú, journey/trip
        tújìng, [途徑], way/channel
        túzhōng, en route
        zhōngtú, midway
        yòngtú, use/application
        chángtú, [長途], long distance
        tú, way/route/road
        bàntúérfèi, [半途而廢], to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
        lùtú, (lit. and fig.) road/path
        mítú, to lose one's way
        qiántúwúliàng, [前途無量], to have boundless prospects
        chángtúbáshè, [長途跋涉], long and difficult trek
        tújīng, [途經], to pass through/via/by way of
        qítú, fork in a road/wrong road
        dàotīngtúshuō, [道聽途說], gossip/hearsay/rumor
        wùrùqítú, [誤入歧途], to take a wrong step in life (idiom)/to go astray
沿         yántú, along the sides of the road/by the wayside
        chángtúdiànhuà, [長途電話], long-distance call
        zhēngtú, long journey/trek/course of an expedition
        
        chángtúqìchē, [長途汽車], long-distance coach
        
        shìtú, official career (formal)
        chángtúchē, [長途車], long-distance bus/coach
        mítúzhīfǎn, to get back on the right path/to mend one's ways
        shūtútóngguī, [殊途同歸], different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achiev...
        
        guītú, [歸途], the way back/one's journey home
        tǎntú, highway/level road
        
        
        lǎomǎshítú, [老馬識途], an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do/an ol...
        ZhōngtúDǎo, [中途島], Midway Islands

        Bùkǎnnán, Buchanan (surname)
        kǎn, [埳], pit/threshold/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water/☵, old var...
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        Kǎnbèiěr, [坎貝爾], Campbell (name)
        kǎnkě, bumpy (of a road)/rough (of life)/to be down on one's luck/to be full of frustra...
        
        
        Kǎndàhā, Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
        
        
        
        Kǎntèbóléi, Canterbury
        
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        kǎnr, [坎兒], critical juncture/key moment
        
        kǎnjiān, sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)/Chinese waistcoat
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        Ālìkǎntè, Alicante
        
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        kǎnkě, bumpy (of a road)/rough (of life)/to be down on one's luck/to be full of frustra...
        kě, uneven (path)/unfortunate (in life)
        kǎnkěbùpíng, potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

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