nán nan

difficult, arduous, hard; unable

DEFINITIONS

難 nán
  • difficult (to...)
  • problem
  • difficulty
  • difficult
  • not good
難 nàn
  • disaster
  • distress
  • to scold

WORDS

記 nán jì hard to remember
走 nán zǒu hard to get to; difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)
辭其咎 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame
逃法網 nán táo fǎ wǎng It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law; the long arm of the law
過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
道 nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
關 nán guān difficulty; crisis
題 nán tí difficult problem
點 nán diǎn difficulty
之役 jìng nán zhī yì war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
fēi nàn reproof; blame
面有色 miàn yǒu nán sè to show signs of reluctance or embarrassment
面臨困 miàn lín kùn nán to be faced with problems
騎虎下 qí hǔ nán xià if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
gāo nán extremely difficult; hard and dangerous; challenging
mó nàn variant of 磨難|磨难[mo2 nan4]
黃帝八十一經 huáng dì bā shí yī nàn jīng The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
別 shí nán bié difficult to part when meeting; challenging to say goodbye
hěn nán very difficult
qū nán remove difficulties; eliminate troubles
這一 zhè yī nán this difficulty; this hurdle
lùn nán debate; contention