难上加难 nán shàng jiā nán

even more difficult; extremely difficult

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 35058th word

Definitions

  1. 1. even more difficult
  2. 2. extremely difficult

Characters

Character Meaning
难 nán HSK 3
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
加 jiā HSK 3
to add; plus; to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
难 nán HSK 3
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty