4 characters Idiom and proverb 10 627

To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「命途多舛」 explained, free of charge.

This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「命途多舛」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Chuan: unlucky, misfortune. Fate is full of misfortunes. Refers to a life of ups and downs and repeated setbacks.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mìng tú duō chuǎn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

meng6 tou4 do1 chyun2

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