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Pinyin nàn、 nán、 nuó

Radical

隹

Strokes

Definition

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

Usage

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难 (難) nán 形 1. 不容易，做起来费事: difficult; hard; troublesome 2. 不大可能办到，使人感到困难: hardly possible; bad 3. 不好: bad 难 (難) nán 动 1. 为难，畏难; 感到困难: feel difficult 2. 使感到困难: put sb. into a difficult position 3. 通“戁”。 4. 恐惧: dread; fear 5. 敬: respect 难 (難) nán 名 1. 通“攤”。驱除疫鬼之祭: sacrificial rites for get rid of bogy 难 (難) nán 后缀 1. 现常作后缀加在词或词组后构成新的名词，构成某种存在较大困难的事: difficult 2. 另见 nàn 难 (難) nàn 名 1. 灾祸，困苦: disaster; calamity; catastrophe 2. 仇怨: enmity; foe 3. 诘责，质问: blame; reproach 难 (難) nàn 名 1. 灾难; 祸害，人为而产生的祸害: disaster; calamity; catastrophe 2. 兵难，指反抗或叛乱: revolt 3. 怨仇; 仇敌: enmity; foe 难 (難) nàn 动 1. 诘问; 责难: blame; reproach 2. 抵挡; 拒斥: keep out; ward off; refuse 3. 论说; 争辩: argue 古同“傩”。

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

难免 nán miǎn

hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably

刁难 diāo nàn

to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult

殉难 xùn nàn

to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster

殉难者 xùn nàn zhě

Martyrs

灾难 zāi nàn

disaster / catastrophe

灾难性 zāi nàn xìng

catastrophic

巧妇难为无米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī

The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

难以 nán yǐ

hard to (predict, imagine etc)

难熬 nán áo

hard to bear / unendurable (pain, suffering)

畏难 wèi nán

be afraid of difficulty

疑难 yí nán

hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated

碍难 ài nán

inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing

磨难 mó nàn

a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried

毁家纾难 huǐ jiā shū nàn

to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)

难缠 nán chán

(usu. of people) difficult / demanding / troublesome / unreasonable / hard to deal with

罄竹难书 qìng zhú nán shū

so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]

难以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn

hard to believe / incredible

罹难 lí nàn

to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed

罹难者 lí nàn zhě

Victims

插翅难飞 chā chì nán fēi

lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape

插翅难逃 chā chì nán táo

Winged

难耐 nán nài

intolerability / impatience

艰难 jiān nán

difficult / hard / challenging

艰难险阻 jiān nán xiǎn zǔ

untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)

艰难曲折 jiān nán qū zhé

arduous and tortuous / full of difficulties and reverses

苦难 kǔ nàn

suffering

难觅 nán mì

Hard to find

难解之谜 nán jiě zhī mí

puzzle

责难 zé nàn

to censure

赴难 fù nàn

go to the aid of one's country / go to help save the country from danger

共赴国难 gòng fù guó nàn

call for united efforts to save the nation / work together to save the country in time of national crisis

辗转难眠 zhǎn zhuǎn nán mián

sleepless night / toss and turn

难辨 nán biàn

Difficult to distinguish

真假难辨 zhēn jiǎ nán biàn

hard to distinguish real from imitation

积重难返 jī zhòng nán fǎn

ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard

难逃 nán táo

Hard to escape

逃难 táo nàn

to run away from trouble / to flee from calamity / to be a refugee

千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng

extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon

遇难 yù nàn

to perish / to be killed

难道 nán dào

don't tell me ... / could it be that...?

遭难 zāo nàn

to run into misfortune

避难 bì nàn

refuge / to take refuge / to seek asylum (political etc)

难题 nán tí

difficult problem

不难 bù nán

not difficult / it's no big deal / a piece of cake

驷马难追 sì mǎ nán zhuī

what has been cannot be withdrawn

难过 nán guò

to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult

难民 nàn mín

refugee

难看 nán kàn

ugly / unsightly

为难 wéi nán

to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)

骑虎难下 qí hǔ nán xià

if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway

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