历经
lìjīng
to undergo, to experience (over time)
Part of speech · verb
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Examples
- 这家公司历经多年才发展起来。This company developed only after going through many years.
- 他历经磨难，终于成功了。He went through many hardships and finally succeeded.
Collocations
历经磨难历经沧桑历经多年历经考验
Mnemonic
历 lì "to pass through" + 经 jīng "to undergo": to pass through and undergo, i.e. to experience (over a long time, hardships, trials) one after another. 历经磨难 = to go through many hardships. Literary. The 历 is in 经历 (experience) and 历史 (history). (Not the Korean homophone 逆境 "adversity".)
Related
经历经过饱经遭受
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