难 (難) nán

1. nán adjective difficult; arduous; hard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 1; NCCED '難' nán 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 42; Unihan '難').
2. nán verb to put someone in a difficult position; to have difficulty
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '難' nán 2)
3. nán adjective hardly possible; unable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 1; NCCED '難' nán 3; Unihan '難')
4. nàn noun disaster; calamity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 1; NCCED '難' nàn 1)
5. nàn noun enemy; foe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 2)
6. nán adjective bad; unpleasant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 2; NCCED '難' nán 4)
7. nàn verb to blame; to rebuke
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3b; NCCED '難' nàn 2)
8. nàn verb to object to; to argue against
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3)
9. nàn verb to reject; to repudiate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3a)

Contained in

• 红军不怕远征难(紅軍不怕遠征難) of the trying long march the Red Army makes light
• 寸金难买寸光阴(寸金難買寸光陰) An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time; Money can't buy you time.; Time is precious.
• 在所难免(在所難免) to be unavoidable
• 千军易得，一将难求(千軍易得，一將難求) Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general.
• 清官难断家务事(清官難斷家務事) even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute
• 知易行难(知易行難) easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice; easier said than done
• 落落难合(落落難合) a loner; someone who does not easily get along with others
• 难不成(難不成) Is it possible that ... ?
• 避难所(避難所) refuge; asylum
• 刁难(刁難) to be hard on somebody; to deliberately make things difficult
• 死难者(死難者) victim of an accident; casualty; martyr for one's country
• 枕席难安(枕席難安) even in bed, not at rest
• 江山易改禀性难移(江山易改稟性難移) rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
• 面临困难(面臨困難) to be faced with problems
• 难闻(難聞) unpleasant smell; stink
• 劫难(劫難) a predetermined calamity
• 一言难尽(一言難盡) hard to explain in a few words; complicated and not easy to express succinctly
• 强人所难(強人所難) to force someone to do something
• 苦难(苦難) suffering
• 稼穑艰难(稼穡艱難) the toils of farm work
• 阻难(阻難) to thwart; to impede
• 难测(難測) hard to fathom
• 诵读困难症(誦讀困難症) dyslexia
• 临难苟免(臨難苟免) to avoid facing difficulties
• 碍难(礙難) inconvenient; difficult for some reason ; to find something embarrassing
• 英雄难过美人关(英雄難過美人關) even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman
• 难能可贵(難能可貴) difficult and praiseworthy
• 万事起头难(萬事起頭難) the first step is the hardest
• 进退为难(進退為難) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped
• 寝食难安(寢食難安) cannot rest peacefully
• 难题(難題) a difficulty
• 逃难(逃難) to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee
• 耶稣受难节(耶穌受難節) Good Friday
• 难捱(難捱) trying; difficult
• 受难者(受難者) sufferer; a victim of a calamity; a person in distress
• 难走(難走) hard to get to; difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)
• 罹难(罹難) fatality; to die in an accident; to be killed ; to die in an accident or other unnatural causes
• 百般刁难(百般刁難) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
• 两难(兩難) dilemma; quandary
• 难言之隐(難言之隱) something hidden and difficult to speak about
• 攻坚克难(攻堅克難) to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
• 发难(發難) to rise in revolt
• 难看(難看) ugly; unsightly ; disgraceful
• 难熬(難熬) hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
• 难以捉摸(難以捉摸) elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic
• 明枪易躲，暗箭难防(明槍易躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
• 在家千日好，出门一时难(在家千日好，出門一時難) at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging
• 难关(難關) difficulty; crisis
• 难喝(難喝) unpleasant to drink

Also contained in

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• 第九十九回 Chapter 99 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 92
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 48
• 卷九十八 列傳第五十八 氐胡 Volume 98 Biographies 58: Di Hu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 38
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 37
• 卷一百五十八　列傳第四十五: 姚樞 許衡 竇默 Volume 158 Biographies 45: Yao Shu, Xu Heng, Dou Mo History of Yuan 元史 — count: 30
• 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 28
• 卷一百五十七　　列傳第八十二 陸贄 Volume 157 Biographies 82: Lu Zhi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 27
• 卷101 氐 吐榖渾 宕昌 高昌 鄧至 蠻 獠 Volume 101: Di Peoples, Tuyuhun, Dangchang, Gaochang, Dengzhi, Man, Liao Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 26
• 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 26
• 卷四百三十四 列傳第一百九十三 儒林四 劉子翬 呂祖謙 蔡元定子:沉 陸九齡兄:九韶 陸九淵 薛季宣 陳傅良 葉適 戴溪 蔡幼學 楊泰之 Volume 434 Biographies 193: Confucian Scholars 4 - Liu Zihui, Lu Zuqian, Cai Yuandingzi:chen, Lu Jiulingxiong:jiushao, Lu Jiuyuan, Xue Jixuan, Chen Fuliang, Ye Shi, Dai Xi, Cai Youxue, Yang Taizhi History of Song 宋史 — count: 24

Collocations

• 不亦难 (不亦難) 不亦難乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 19
• 多难 (多難) 王事多難 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧出車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Chu Che — count: 10
• 实难 (實難) 衛實難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 及于难 (及於難) 故及於難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 8
• 齐难 (齊難) 紀來諮謀齊難也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 免于难 (免於難) 庶免於難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
• 辟难 (辟難) 事君不辟難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 难成 (難成) 專欲難成 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 告难 (告難) 不發表而告難于齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 怒难 (怒難) 重怒難任 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4