難上加難 nán shàng jiā nán

even more difficult; extremely difficult

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
難 nán
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)
難 nán
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty