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Information of 难

Pinyin nàn、 nán、 nuó

Radical

隹

Strokes

10 strokes

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Definition

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good, disaster / distress / to scold

难 (nán) 1. Difficult; hard; troublesome. - Examples: - ～处 (difficult place). - ～度 (degree of difficulty). - ～点 (difficult point). - ～关 (difficult barrier). - ～熬 (hard to endure). - ～耐 (hard to tolerate). - ～产 (hard to produce). - ～堪 (hard to bear). - ～题 (difficult question). - ～以 (hard to do). - ～于 (difficult at). - 困～ (in difficulty). - 畏～ (fear of difficulty). - 急人之～ (make someone anxious). 2. Hardly possible; bad. - Examples: - ～免 (hardly avoid). - ～为 (hardly do). - ～保 (hardly guarantee). - ～怪 (hardly blame). - ～倒 (hard to knock down). - ～道 (hardly feasible). - ～能可贵 (hard to be precious). 3. Hard to listen to; hard to see. (Definitions continue with variants and usages): 动 (verb) 1. Feel difficult; dread. - Example: “难与持久” (hard to endure). 2. Put someone into a difficult position. 3. To dread (fear). 4. To respect. 名 (noun) 1. Rites for exorcising evil spirits. 后缀 (suffix) 1. Commonly used as a suffix to form new nouns indicating something that presents considerable difficulty. - Examples: - 卖棉难 (difficult to sell cotton). - 乘车难 (difficult to take a bus). - 买菜难 (difficult to buy vegetables). 难 (nàn) 名 (noun) 1. Disaster; calamity caused by human actions. 2. Rebellion; revolt. 3. Enmity; foe. 动 (verb) 1. Blame; reproach. 2. Keep out; refuse. 3. Argue; debate. 灾祸; 困苦 (disaster; hardship). - Examples: - ～民 (disasters affecting the people). - 排～解纷 (resolve disputes). 仇怨 (grudge; enmity). 诘责; 质问 (interrogate; question).

难以启齿 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ

to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth

遇难呈祥 yù nàn chéng xiáng

Distressed

难辞其咎 nán cí qí jiù

cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame

难受 nán shòu

to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear

困难 kùn nan

difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation

困难重重 kùn nán chóng chóng

be beset with difficulties / in a fix / in deep water(s)

艰难困苦 jiān nán kùn kǔ

difficulties and hardships

难堪 nán kān

hard to take / embarrassed

危难 wēi nàn

calamity

盛情难却 shèng qíng nán què

be hard to turn down the warm-hearted offer

勉为其难 miǎn wéi qí nán

to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly

孤掌难鸣 gū zhǎng nán míng

It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.

寝食难安 qǐn shí nán ān

lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled

寸步难行 cùn bù nán xíng

unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation

步履艰难 bù lǚ jiān nán

trudge

难度 nán dù

trouble / problem

很难说 hěn nán shuō

It's hard to say. / There is no saying that ...

难得 nán dé

seldom / rare / hard to come by

劫难 jié nàn

calamity

在劫难逃 zài jié nán táo

If you're doomed, there's no escape. / impossible to escape one's doom / There is no escape from one's fate. / What is destined cannot be avoided.

难忍 nán rěn

Unbearable

难以忍受 nán yǐ rěn shòu

hard to endure / unbearable

难忘 nán wàng

unforgettable

排忧解难 pái yōu jiě nàn

to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)

难怪 nán guài

(it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that)

患难 huàn nàn

trials and tribulations

难愈 nán yù

Hard to heal

难懂 nán dǒng

difficult to understand

难挨 nán āi

Hard to endure

难搞 nán gǎo

hard to deal with / hard to get along with