







Life is hard
Life is tough
Times are hard
That was in the bad old days of rampant inflation.
The mountainous nation has always been a tough place to scratch out a living.

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Open the tool →生活艰难 (shēng huó jiān nán) means “Life is hard, Life is tough, Times are hard”.
生活艰难 is pronounced shēng huó jiān nán in Mandarin Chinese.
“Life is hard” is 生活艰难 (shēng huó jiān nán) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 生活艰难, each with pinyin and an English translation.