"Adversity" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù xìng misfortune / adversity / unfortunate / sad / unfortunately / CL:個|个[ge4]
 è yùn bad luck / misfortune / adversity
 nì jìng adversity / predicament
 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity
 zāi è adversity / catastrophe / disaster
 yìng chēng to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
 nì lái shùn shòu to resign oneself to adversity (idiom) / to grin and bear it / to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
 kè kǔ nài láo to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
 fēng yǔ huì míng conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)
 tǐng zhù to stand firm / to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
 chén zhuó yìng zhàn to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
 mìng tú kǎn kě to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life
 ān nàn (classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity
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