Definition & Meaning

1.find oneself in a predicament; feel embarrassed

2.make things difficult for somebody

zuò nán

作 难

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1
v.find oneself in a predicament; feel embarrassed
- tā gǎn dào yǒu xiē zuò nán bù zhī dào gāi zěn me bàn
  他感到有些作难，不知道该怎么办。
  He found himself in a bind and didn't know what to do.
- gōng sī jīn zhāo zhèng chǔ yú yī zhǒng zuò nán zhī zhōng
  公司今朝正处于一种作难之中。
  Company is in a kind of awkwardness at present.
synonym
wéi nán为难
2
v.fmlmake things difficult for somebody
- mǒu rén cóng zhōng zuò nán
  某人从中作难
  put a spoke in somebody's wheel
synonym
wéi nán为难

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