mō pá gǔn dǎ
Traditional: 摸爬滾打
摸爬滚打 (mō pá gǔn dǎ) is a Chinese word meaning “to go through challenging experiences; to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)”.
Meanings
- 1to go through challenging experiences
- 2to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
Characters in 摸爬滚打
Related words
打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")打电话to make a telephone call打算to plan打开to open滚to boil打扰to disturb爬to crawl打赌to bet打败to defeat摸to feel with the hand摸variant of 摹[mo2]