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九九八十一难
/ jiǔ jiǔ bā shí yī nán /
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Collocation
1
经历九九八十一难才取得成功
2
经受了九九八十一难
3
经历了九九八十一难
Definition
九九八十一难
Literally means:
eighty-one adversities
Actually means:
all kinds of hardships
九九 nine multiplying nine. Eighty-one, the result of nine multiplying nine.
This phrase literally refers to the eighty-one adversities that Tang Sanzang and his disciples experienced during their quest for the Buddhist scripts, as recorded in the classical Chinese novel A Journey to the West.
It figuratively refers to all kinds of hardships.
九九，九乘九。八十一，九乘九的得数。
九九八十一难，指《西游记》所说的，唐僧师四人在取得真经过程中所经历的九九八十一难。
比喻各种各样的磨难。
Example
Used as object. (作宾语)
1
Tā
他
zài
在
chuàngyè
创业
de
的
dàolù
道路
shàng
上
zāoyù
遭遇
de
的
gèzhǒng
各种
kùnkǔ
困苦
mónàn
磨难
,
kěyǐ
可以
shuō
说
shì
是
jiǔjiǔbāshíyī
九九八十一
nán
难
le
了
。
The hardships he encountered on the road to entrepreneurship can be said to be the difficulties of 19981.
2
Méiyǒu
没有
mónàn
磨难
jiù
就
méiyǒu
没有
chénggōng
成功
,
nǐ
你
zhīyǒu
只有
néng
能
jīngshòu
经受
le
了
jiǔjiǔbāshíyī
九九八十一
nán
难
,
cái
才
néng
能
zuìhòu
最后
huòdé
获得
chénggōng
成功
。
There is no success without suffering, and you can only succeed if you can survive the 9981 ordeal.
3
Zhège
这个
hé
和
tóngbàn
同伴
shīsàn
失散
de
的
rén
人
jīnglì
经历
jiǔjiǔbāshíyī
九九八十一
nán
难
,
cái
才
cóng
从
jīngjí
荆棘
mìbù
密布
de
的
cónglín
丛林
zhōng
中
zǒu
走
le
了
chūlái
出来
。
The man, who had been separated from his companions, experienced the difficulties of 19981 before he came out of the thorn-covered jungle.