kùn nan
difficult
challenging
straitened circumstances
difficult situation
Bēi nán
Beinan or Peinan township in Taitung county 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
Zhōng qīng
Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zhōng qīng běi dào] and South Chungcheong province 忠清南道[Zhōng qīng nán dào] of South Korea
Zhōng qīng dào
Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠淸北道[Zhōng qīng běi dào] and South Chungcheong province 忠淸南道[Zhōng qīng nán dào] of South Korea
yì jué kùn nan
to find sth increasingly difficult