| 不幸 | bù xìng | misfortune / adversity / unfortunate / sad / unfortunately / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 厄运 | è yùn | bad luck / misfortune / adversity | |
| 逆境 | nì jìng | adversity / predicament | |
| 霜雪 | shuāng xuě | frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity | |
| 灾厄 | zāi è | adversity / catastrophe / disaster | |
| 硬撑 | yìng chēng | to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc | |
| 逆来顺受 | nì lái shùn shòu | to resign oneself to adversity (idiom) / to grin and bear it / to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc | |
| 刻苦耐劳 | kè kǔ nài láo | to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity | |
| 风雨晦冥 | fēng yǔ huì míng | conditions of extreme adversity (idiom) | |
| 挺住 | tǐng zhù | to stand firm / to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) | |
| 沉着应战 | chén zhuó yìng zhàn | to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom) | |
| 命途坎坷 | mìng tú kǎn kě | to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life | |
| 安难 | ān nàn | (classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity | |
| 逆商 | nì shāng | (psychology) adversity quotient (abbr. for 逆境商數|逆境商数[ni4jing4 shang1shu4]) | |
