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Hard times

10 phrases
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jǔ bù wéi jiān.
举步维艰。
ENevery step is a struggle
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zǒu tóu wú lù.
走投无路。
ENnowhere left to turn
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shān qióng shuǐ jìn.
山穷水尽。
ENat the very end of your rope
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liǔ àn huā míng.
柳暗花明。
ENa way opens after all
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yíng rèn ér jiě.
迎刃而解。
ENit resolves itself easily
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huà xiǎn wéi yí.
化险为夷。
ENturn danger into safety
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lì bù cóng xīn.
力不从心。
ENwilling but unable
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qí hǔ nán xià.
骑虎难下。
ENunable to back out now
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jìn tuì liǎng nán.
进退两难。
ENdamned either way
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kǔ jìn gān lái.
苦尽甘来。
ENsweetness after the bitter

山穷水尽 - mountains exhausted, waters ended - and 柳暗花明 - willows dark, flowers bright - are the two halves of a Lu You couplet about thinking there is no road left and then finding a village. Learn them as a pair; that is how they are used.