nán nan

difficult, arduous, hard; unable

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

進退為 jìn tuì wéi nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
yù nàn to perish; to be killed
者 yù nàn zhě victim; fatality
船 yù nán chuán shipwreck
zāo nàn to run into misfortune
bì nàn refuge; to take refuge; to seek asylum (political etc)
所 bì nàn suǒ refuge; asylum
長夜明 cháng yè nán míng lit. many nights under a harsh moon; long years of oppression (idiom)
閻王好見,小鬼當 yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
關關過,關關過 guān guān nán guò , guān guān guò to meet with great difficulties but pull through
zǔ nàn to thwart; to impede
ē nán Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
陀 ē nán tuó Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
隱秘言 yǐn mì nán yán too embarrassing to mention
上加 nán shàng jiā nán extremely difficult; even more difficult
nán shàng nán extremely difficult; even more difficult
不倒 nán bù dǎo not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb
不成 nán bù chéng Is it possible that ... ?
以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc)
以啟齒 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth
以實現 nán yǐ shí xiàn hard to accomplish; difficult to achieve
以忍受 nán yǐ rěn shòu hard to endure; unbearable
以應付 nán yǐ yìng fù hard to deal with; hard to handle
以抹去 nán yǐ mǒ qù hard to erase; ineradicable
以捉摸 nán yǐ zhuō mō elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic