厄 (è) — (bound form) strategic pass or place; (bound form) hardship, difficulty, disaster
Definition
厄 is a bound classical/literary root meaning 'hardship, misfortune' (e.g. 厄运 bad luck, 困境 hardship), and also refers to a strategic mountain pass. It is bound: it is not used alone in modern prose and appears mainly as part of set compounds.
bound form
(bound form) strategic pass or place(bound form) hardshipdifficultydisaster
Examples
- 。Tā zāo yù le duō cì è yùn.He encountered many strokes of bad luck.
- 厄，。Zài nà duàn è jìng zhōng, tā jiān chí le xià lái.He persevered through that period of hardship.
- 。Jīng jì è yùn yǐng xiǎng le zhěng gè háng yè.Economic misfortune affected the entire industry.
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