face innumerable difficulties
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à NK à Qi à nx à n, which means all kinds of hardships. It comes from Wu Mingshi's "flying knife vs. arrow" in Yuan Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Go through hardships
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: a thousand hardships
The origin of Idioms
The fourth fold of Yuan Wumingshi's "throwing knife to arrow" says: "I suffered a lot of blood and hardships, just like escaping from the rolling snow."
Idiom explanation
All kinds of hardships.
face innumerable difficulties
fish do not come when water is too clear - shuǐ qīng wú yú
Remove the faint and enlighten the sage - chù hūn qǐ shèng
mountains fall and the earth splits - shān bēng dì chè