坎坷多舛

kǎn kě duō chuǎn

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

坎

kǎn

old variant of 坎[kan3]

坷

kě

used in 坎坷[kan3 ke3]

多

duō

many; much; more; a lot of

舛

chuǎn

mistaken