難U+96E319 STROKES
Entry·pron. nán
ㄋㄢˊ
“difficult; hard to do; problem; disaster; calamity; to scold; to blame”
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- 困難ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊdifficult; hard to do or deal with; a difficult situation; hardship; straitened circumstances
- 難以ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇhard to; difficult to; not easy to (predict, imagine, achieve, etc).
- 難道ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋused in rhetorical questions to express surprise or disbelief; don't tell me...; could it be that...?
- 難得ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄉㄜseldom; rare; hard to come by; precious, fortunate (used sarcastically to mean the opposite).
- 難過ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋto feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
- 災難ㄗㄞ ㄋㄢˊdisaster; catastrophe; a severe event causing great damage, suffering, or loss.
- 難免ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇhard to avoid; difficult to escape; inevitable; bound to happen
- 難怪ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋno wonder; not surprising; understandable; can't blame; it makes sense
- 難題ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊdifficult problem; hard question; tough issue that is not easy to solve
- 難度ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄨˋdegree of difficulty; level of difficulty; how hard something is
- 難民ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊrefugee; person displaced by war, persecution, or disaster
- 難忘ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄤˋunforgettable; memorable; hard to forget; leaving a lasting impression
- 艱難ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊdifficult; hard; challenging; arduous; tough; involving great hardship or struggle
- 苦難ㄎㄨˇ ㄋㄢˊsuffering; hardship; pain and distress; misery
- 罹難ㄌㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊto die in an accident or disaster; to be killed in a catastrophe.
- 難關ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢa difficult period or crisis; a hard time to get through; a critical juncture
- 難堪ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄢembarrassed; awkward; hard to bear; difficult to endure
- 難受ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡˋto feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be hard to bear; to feel upset or emotionally distressed
- 為難ㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄢˊto feel embarrassed or awkward; to find something hard to handle; to make things difficult for someone; to cause someone trouble or embarrassment
- 避難ㄅㄧˋ ㄋㄢˊto take refuge; to seek shelter from disaster; to evacuate for safety
- 受難ㄕㄡˋ ㄋㄢˋto suffer a calamity; to suffer distress; to endure hardship or torture
- 難看ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄢˋugly; unsightly; not good-looking; (in Taiwan usage) disgraceful, dishonorable.
- 救難ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄢˋrescue operations; disaster relief; emergency aid; saving people from danger or distress.
- 難以置信ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄓˋ ㄒㄧㄣˋhard to believe; incredible; unbelievable; difficult to accept as true
- 兩難ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊa dilemma; a situation where both choices are difficult; being caught between two bad options.
- 難逃ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊhard to escape; cannot avoid; inevitably face; be unable to evade
- 空難ㄎㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊair crash; aviation accident or incident; disaster caused by an aircraft accident
- 難說ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄛhard to say; difficult to put into words; can't be stated clearly; hard to predict; maybe or maybe not
- 急難ㄐㄧˊ ㄋㄢˋurgent crisis; emergency disaster; to aid in a disaster; provide emergency relief
- 難解ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇhard to understand; difficult to solve; hard to untie or unravel.
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