难
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Definitions
- 1. difficult (to...)
- 2. problem
- 3. difficulty
- 4. difficult
- 5. not good
Words Containing 难
to raise a tough question
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
difficult
disaster; catastrophe
to feel embarrassed or awkward
a torment
air crash
difficult
suffering
to perish
refuge
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
hard to believe
hard to avoid
to feel unwell
hard to take
degree of difficulty
seldom
rarely seen
unforgettable
(it's) no wonder (that...)
embarrassed
ugly
unpleasant to hear
rare and precious
trouble; difficulty; problem
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict)
to feel sad
don't tell me ...
difficulty
difficult problem
difficulty
fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
see 天下無難事，只怕有心人|天下无难事，只怕有心人[tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén]
hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
retort with challenging questions
to make do in difficult circumstances by being resourceful
dilemma
Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
calamity
to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
extremely rare (idiom)
extremely difficult
calamity
to suffer a calamity
Good Friday
memorial
sufferer
to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
dysphagia (medicine)
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
dysphagia (medicine)
the problem is...
national calamity
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
to be unavoidable (idiom)
to be plagued with misfortunes
much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal
great catastrophe
to just escape from calamity
one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)
to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom)
easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality (idiom)
see 有借有還，再借不難|有借有还，再借不难[yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán]
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
It's hard to clap with only one hand.
every family has its problems (idiom)
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
see 寸步難行|寸步难行[cùn bù nán xíng]
unable to move a single step (idiom)
Time is precious.
If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
mountain accident
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
to force someone to do something
demanding and strict (idiom)
anxious to help others resolve difficulties (idiom)
misfortune
sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division
trials and tribulations
a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed
true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom)
(idiom) insatiably greedy
to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
to overcome all obstacles
to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
political asylum
to rescue
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
easily guarded, hard to attack
too many to count
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem
to die in an accident
victim of an accident
to sacrifice oneself in a just cause
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
perils of the sea
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change
catastrophic
disaster movie
(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)
to feel embarrassed
it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy (idiom)
to be daunted by challenges
to make sth difficult
hard to understand
knotty problem
trouble shooting
dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine)
to rise in revolt
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[liú yǔ xī]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
to find sth increasingly difficult
hard to distinguish real from imitation
it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
(idiom) one cannot afford to incur public wrath
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom)
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
inconvenient
difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
mining disaster
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
to die in an accident or disaster
to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
to feel ashamed (idiom)
Good Friday
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
in peril
powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless
deep grief
even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
the first step is the hardest (idiom)
every beginning is difficult (idiom)
countless difficulties
a loner
to meet with misfortune
to meet with disaster
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
to take the bull by the horns (idiom)
dyslexia
it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
to censure
to blame
to take refuge
to debate
to press on in the face of challenges
to seek refuge from calamities
to run away from trouble
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
victim
shipwreck
to run into misfortune
refuge
lit. many nights under a harsh moon
lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
to meet with great difficulties but pull through
to thwart
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
too embarrassing to mention
extremely difficult
extremely difficult
not to pose a problem for sb
Is it possible that ... ?
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)
hard to accomplish
hard to endure
hard to deal with
elusive
unsusceptible to change
hard to understand