难兄难弟 nán xiōng nán dì

both just as bad; equally unlucky people

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 57860th word

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. one is just as bad as the other

See also: nàn xiōng nàn dì

Characters

Character Meaning
难 nán HSK 3
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
兄 xiōng HSK 5
elder brother
难 nán HSK 3
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
弟 dì HSK 2
younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)