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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.difficult; hard; troublesome
难保
cannot say for sure
和他交朋友很难。
It's hard to make friends with him.
难说
you never can tell
antonym
- 2
adj.bad; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing
难吃
taste bad
难听
sound terrible
难看
ugly
- 3
v.make things difficult for somebody
你这可难住我了。
You've got me there.
这问题一下子把我难住了。
The question put me on the spot.
困难难不倒英雄。
A hero is never put off by difficulty.
Words and phrases with 难
- 难办[word]difficult to handle/manage/operate
- 难熔[word]infusible
- 难听[word]unpleasant to hear; offensive
- 难保[word]cannot say for sure; be hard to hold/keep
- 难住[word]stump
- 难产[word]have a difficult childbirth/labor/delivery; overdue
- 难字[word]unfamiliar character
- 难解[word]be hard to solve
- 难为情[word]embarrassed; disconcerting
- 难得糊涂[idiom]Where ignorance is a bliss, it's folly to be wise.
- 难能可贵[idiom]highly commendable
- 难以言喻[idiom]be beyond expression
- 难以为继[idiom]hard to carry on
- 难以置信[idiom]incredible
- 难上加难[idiom]add difficulty to difficulty
- 难以启齿[idiom]be too shy to speak out
- 难以忍受[idiom]be hard to bear
- 难以预料[idiom]be difficult to forecast
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "nán", the basic meaning of "难" is "不容易". When pronounced as "nàn", it refers to disasters, such as "遇难" and "难民"; it also means embarrassment, such as "刁难" and "责难".
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