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 , Subdomain: Disaster
   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

• 受难纪念(受難紀念) memorial
• 魔难(魔難) difficulties and temptations
• 难缠(難纏) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with
• 犯难(犯難) to feel embarrassed; to feel akward
• 见难而上(見難而上) to take the bull by the horns
• 难以实现(難以實現) hard to accomplish; difficult to achieve
• 难行(難行) difficult to pass ; hard to do
• 艰难险阻(艱難險阻) untold dangers and difficulties
• 排除万难(排除萬難) eliminate a thousand difficulties
• 苦难(苦難) suffering
• 遇难(遇難) to perish; to be killed
• 灾难片(災難片) disaster movie
• 为难(為難) to make things difficult for ; to be embarrassed about
• 灾难(災難) disaster; catastrophe; calamity
• 积习难改(積習難改) accumulated habits are hard to change
• 躲难(躲難) to take refuge; to seek refuge from disaster
• 桀骜难驯(桀驁難馴) ruthless, arrogant, and unyielding
• 隐秘难言(隱秘難言) too embarrassing to mention
• 诵读困难症(誦讀困難症) dyslexia
• 介于两难(介於兩難) to be on the horns of a dilemma
• 罄笔难书(罄筆難書) too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds)
• 千金难买(千金難買) can't be bought for one thousand in gold
• 急难(急難) a misfortune; a crisis; a disaster; an emergency; crisis victims ; to help others out of a predicament
• 泥菩萨过江，自身难保(泥菩薩過江，自身難保) like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
• 辗转难忘(輾轉難忘) to turn something over in one's mind and not be able to forget it
• 难解(難解) hard to understand ; hard to resolve ; hard to undo
• 人心难测(人心難測) hard to fathom a person's mind
• 佳人难再得(佳人難再得) The beautiful woman is difficult to obtain again
• 难伺候(難伺候) hard to please; high-maintenance
• 难搞(難搞) hard to deal with; hard to get along with
• 两难(兩難) dilemma; quandary
• 殉难(殉難) to sacrifice oneself in a just cause; a victim of a disaster
• 骑虎难下(騎虎難下) if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off; a difficult situation
• 缱绻难忘(繾綣難忘) cannot forget a love
• 疑难杂症(疑難雜症) dubious or hard-to-treat cases ; hard cases
• 难保(難保) hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve
• 恨海难填(恨海難填) sea of hatred is hard to fill; irreconcilable division
• 落难(落難) to meet with misfortune; to fall into dire straits
• 千难万难(千難萬難) extremely difficult
• 难过(難過) to feel sorry; to be grieved ; to be difficult
• 横难(橫難) an accidental disaster
• 难逃法网(難逃法網) It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law; the long arm of the law
• 寝食难安(寢食難安) cannot rest peacefully
• 不难(不難) not difficult
• 难走(難走) hard to get to; difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)
• 难熬(難熬) hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
• 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
• 解难(解難) to aid; to rescue
• 困难在于(困難在於) the problem is...

Also contained in

靖难之役 、 黄帝八十一难经

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 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
• 内难 (內難) 辟內難也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4