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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

艰难地跋涉

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiānnán de báshè

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trudge/trʌdʒ/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #6500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们不得不在雪地里艰难地跋涉。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

    "We had to trudge through the deep snow to reach the cabin."
As noun
  1. 1

    A hard, weary walk.

    "It was a long, muddy trudge back to the campsite."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the late 15th century, 'trudge' likely emerged as an expressive variant of Middle English words related to heavy walking or marching. Its etymological roots are somewhat obscure, but it phonetically and semantically captures the laborious physical effort of moving forward despite immense fatigue, matching the Hindi concept of 'thak-kar-chalna'.

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