舉步維艱 [举－维艰]

Jyutping geoi2 bou6 wai4 gaan1
Pinyin jǔ bù wéi jiān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    行步​路​都​難​；​比喻​境況​困難​，​難​以前​進
    to have difficulty in taking a step
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    difficult to move forward; difficult to make progress