nán nan

difficult, arduous, hard; unable

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

fàn nán to feel embarrassed; to feel akward
liú nàn to make sth difficult; to create obstacles
yí nán hard to understand; difficult to deal with; knotty; complicated
問題 yí nán wèn tí knotty problem; intractable difficulty
解答 yí nán jiě dá trouble shooting; solution to difficulties
雜症 yí nán zá zhèng dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine); hard cases
fā nàn to rise in revolt; to raise difficult questions
百般刁 bǎi bān diāo nán to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties (idiom)
益覺困 yì jué kùn nan to find sth increasingly difficult
真假辨 zhēn jiǎ nán biàn hard to distinguish real from imitation
知易行 zhī yì xíng nán easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom); easier said than done
而退 zhī nán ér tuì to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
mó nàn a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
ài nán inconvenient; difficult for some reason; to find sth embarrassing
從命 ài nán cóng mìng difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
kuàng nàn mining disaster
積習改 jī xí nán gǎi old habits are hard to change (idiom)
積重返 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
kōng nàn air crash; aviation accident or incident
罄竹書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted; innumerable crimes (idiom); see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]
罄筆書 qìng bǐ nán shū too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom); see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qing4 zhu2 nan2 shu1]
lí nàn to die in an accident or disaster; to be killed
羞口開 xiū kǒu nán kāi to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
羞愧當 xiū kuì nán dāng to feel ashamed (idiom)
耶穌受節 yē sū shòu nàn jié Good Friday