лихоле́тье

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1.
hard times, troubled times, time of troubles, adversity
Наша страна пережила немало лихолетий.
Our country has gone through a lot of troubled times.

Examples

Семья пережила лихолетье вместе.
The family got through those hard times together.
В те годы лихолетья люди голодали.
In those years of hardship, people went hungry.
Он вспоминал лихолетье войны с болью.
He remembered the hardships of the war with pain.