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逆境 meaning in English

nìjìng

adversity; predicament

23 strokes

Meaning of 逆境

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

nìjìng
  1. adversity
  2. predicament

逆境 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

逆nì境jìng出chū人rén才cái。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
我wǒ们men必bì须xū学xué会huì优yōu雅yǎ地dì面miàn对duì逆nì境jìng。
We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
尽jǐn管guǎn有yǒu逆nì境jìng，建jiàn筑zhù师shī还hái是shì获huò得de了le享xiǎng誉yù全quán球qiú的de荣róng誉yù。
Despite adversity, the architect achieved worldwide fame.
逆nì境jìng顺shùn境jìng看kàn襟jīn度dù，临lín喜xǐ临lín怒nù看kàn涵hán养yǎng。
Adversity and prosperity reveal one's breadth of mind; joy and anger test one's self-restraint.

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逆 nì · contrary · 9 strokes

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境 jìng · boundary · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 逆境.

环境huánjìngenvironment; circumstances
边境biānjìngfrontier; border
处境chǔjìngsituation (of a person)
困境kùnjìngpredicament; plight
境地jìngdìcircumstances
境界jìngjièboundary; state
入境rùjìngto enter a country
叛逆pànnìto rebel; to revolt
境内jìngnèiwithin the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc)
出境chūjìngto leave a country or region; outbound (tourism)
过境guòjìngto pass through a country's territory; transit
境遇jìngyùcircumstance

Questions about 逆境

What does 逆境 mean?

逆境 (nìjìng) means "adversity; predicament".

How do you write 逆境?

逆境 is made of 2 characters: 逆 (9 strokes), 境 (14 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.