kùn nan 
		difficult
challenging
straitened circumstances
difficult situation
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhōng nán shān 
		Zhongnan mountain, near Xi'an
also known as Taiyi Mountain
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yì jué kùn nan 
		to find sth increasingly difficult
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			Zhōng nán Shān 
		Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an
also known as the Taiyi Mountains