难 (難) nán
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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'). -
nán
verb
to put someone in a difficult position; to have difficulty
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '難' nán 2) -
nán
adjective
hardly possible; unable
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 1; NCCED '難' nán 3; Unihan '難') -
nàn
noun
disaster; calamity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 1; NCCED '難' nàn 1) -
nàn
noun
enemy; foe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 2) -
nán
adjective
bad; unpleasant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 2; NCCED '難' nán 4) -
nàn
verb
to blame; to rebuke
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3b; NCCED '難' nàn 2) -
nàn
verb
to object to; to argue against
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3) -
nàn
verb
to reject; to repudiate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3a)
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- 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
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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