Having many difficulties ahead; prospects are bleak or full of obstacles.
新しく設立した会社は資金繰りが厳しく、前途多難だと言われている。
The newly established company is said to have bleak prospects due to tight financing.
卒業して就職する若者にとって、今は前途多難な時代だ。
For young people graduating and entering the workforce, this is a time full of difficulties.
プロジェクトは前途多難だが、チームは最後まであきらめずに取り組んだ。
The project had many obstacles, but the team worked on it without giving up until the end.