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 , Subdomain: Disaster
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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- 法网难逃(法網難逃) it is hard to escape the net of justice
- 疑难(疑難) hard to understand; difficult to deal with
- 难闻(難聞) unpleasant smell; stink
- 难以消受(難以消受) difficult to bear
- 碍难(礙難) inconvenient; difficult for some reason ; to find something embarrassing
- 灾难性(災難性) catastrophic
- 临难(臨難) in peril; facing disaster
- 劫难(劫難) a predetermined calamity
- 暗箭难防(暗箭難防) a secret arrow [slander] is hard to defend against ; an attack by stealth is hard to defend
- 请神容易送神难(請神容易送神難) it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
- 难以启齿(難以啟齒) to be too embarrassed to mention sth; to find it hard to speak about sth
- 罹难(罹難) fatality; to die in an accident; to be killed ; to die in an accident or other unnatural causes
- 难以置信(難以置信) hard to believe; incredible
- 遇难(遇難) to perish; to be killed
- 难测(難測) hard to fathom
- 落难(落難) to meet with misfortune; to fall into dire straits
- 艰难险阻(艱難險阻) untold dangers and difficulties
- 千载难逢(千載難逢) extremely rare
- 劫数难逃(劫數難逃) Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it . Your doom is at hand.
- 强人所难(強人所難) to force someone to do something
- 驷马难追(駟馬難追) [a spoken word is] hard to catch even with a team of four horses
- 从难从严(從難從嚴) demanding and strict ; exacting
- 佳人难再得(佳人難再得) The beautiful woman is difficult to obtain again
- 一言难尽(一言難盡) hard to explain in a few words; complicated and not easy to express succinctly
- 进退为难(進退為難) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped
- 死结难解(死結難解) enigmatic knot hard to untie; thorny problem; intractable difficulty
- 难民营(難民營) refugee camp
- 毁家纾难(毀家紓難) to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state
- 排忧解难(排憂解難) to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind
- 羞口难开(羞口難開) to be too embarrassed for words
- 为远难守(爲遠難守) a distant region difficult to defend
- 难以忍受(難以忍受) hard to endure; unbearable
- 比登天还难(比登天還難) even harder than reaching the sky; extremely difficult; far from an easy task
- 进退两难(進退兩難) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
- 益觉困难(益覺困難) to find something increasingly difficult
- 人心难测(人心難測) hard to fathom a person's mind
- 难不成(難不成) Is it possible that ... ?
- 母难日(母難日) birthday
- 坐立难安(坐立難安) unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc)
- 难上加难(難上加難) extremely difficult; even more difficult
- 难捱(難捱) trying; difficult
- 难得(難得) difficult to obtain ; valuable
- 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
- 犯难(犯難) to feel embarrassed; to feel akward
- 辩难(辯難) to debate; to retort; to refute
- 大难不死(大難不死) to just escape from calamity
- 万事起头难(萬事起頭難) the first step is the hardest
- 难怪他伤心(難怪他傷心) no wonder he is upset
- 非难(非難) to reproof; to blame
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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