kē ke bàn bàn

Traditional: 磕磕絆絆

磕磕绊绊 (kē ke bàn bàn) is a Chinese word meaning “bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person)”.

Meanings

  1. 1bumpy (of a road)
  2. 2limping (of a person)

Characters in 磕磕绊绊

磕kē · to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)磕kē · to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)绊bàn · to trip绊bàn · to trip

Related words

磕to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)磕variant of 嗑[ke4]绊倒to trip绊to trip绊脚石stumbling block羁绊trammels磕头to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)磕碰to knock against死磕(coll.) to fight to the death磕CP(slang) to ship a fictional couple; to enthusiastically support a romantic pairing磕头如捣蒜lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)磕碜(dialect) ugly; unsightly; shabby

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