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一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn ， cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
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lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom);
fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
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一木難支
yī mù nán zhī
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lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom);
fig. one is helpless alone
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一言既出，駟馬難追
yī yán jì chū ， sì mǎ nán zhuī
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lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
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一言難盡
yī yán nán jìn
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hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
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世上無難事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì ， zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
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there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom);
persistence will overcome
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人心難測
rén xīn nán cè
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hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
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介於兩難
jiè yú liǎng nán
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to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
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便難
biàn nàn
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retort with challenging questions;
debate
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克難
kè nán
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to make do in difficult circumstances by being resourceful;
(of circumstances) difficult;
challenging;
(of a budget) tight;
(of a man-made thing) makeshift;
rough and ready
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兩難
liǎng nán
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dilemma;
quandary;
to face a difficult choice
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出難題
chū nán tí
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to raise a tough question
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刁難
diāo nàn
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to be hard on sb;
to deliberately make things difficult
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劫數難逃
jié shù nán táo
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Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
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劫難
jié nàn
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calamity
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勉為其難
miǎn wéi qí nán
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to tackle a difficult job (idiom);
to do sth reluctantly
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千軍易得，一將難求
qiān jūn yì dé ， yī jiàng nán qiú
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Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
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千載難逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
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extremely rare (idiom);
once in a blue moon
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千金難買
qiān jīn nán mǎi
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can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
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千難萬難
qiān nán wàn nán
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extremely difficult
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危難
wēi nàn
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calamity
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受難
shòu nàn
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to suffer a calamity;
to suffer (e.g. under torture);
distress
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受難日
shòu nàn rì
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Good Friday
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受難紀念
shòu nán jì niàn
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memorial
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受難者
shòu nàn zhě
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sufferer;
a victim of a calamity;
a person in distress
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可共患難
kě gòng huàn nàn
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to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
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