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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
困难 kùnnan	困难 \| 困难* \| *困难	difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation	困難 HSK 3


为难 wéinán	为难 \| 为难* \| *为难	to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)	為難 HSK 5


难 nán	难 \| 难* \| *难	difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good	難 HSK 1


灾难 zāinàn	灾难 \| 灾难* \| *灾难	disaster; catastrophe	災難 HSK 5


空难 kōngnàn	空难 \| 空难* \| *空难	air crash / aviation accident or incident	空難 HSK 7-9


艰难 jiānnán	艰难 \| 艰难* \| *艰难	difficult / hard / challenging	艱難 HSK 5


刁难 diāonàn	刁难 \| 刁难* \| *刁难	to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult / Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]	刁難 HSK 7-9


千难万难 qiānnánwànnán	千难万难 \| 千难万难* \| *千难万难	extremely difficult	千難萬難


矿难 kuàngnàn	矿难 \| 矿难* \| *矿难	mining disaster	礦難


两难 liǎngnán	两难 \| 两难* \| *两难	dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice	兩難


万事开头难 wànshìkāitóunán	万事开头难 \| 万事开头难* \| *万事开头难	every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part	萬事開頭難


磨难 mónàn	磨难 \| 磨难* \| *磨难	a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried	磨難 HSK 7-9


知易行难 zhīyìxíngnán	知易行难 \| 知易行难* \| *知易行难	easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done	知易行難


避难 bìnàn	避难 \| 避难* \| *避难	to take refuge; to seek asylum	避難 HSK 7-9


遇难 yùnàn	遇难 \| 遇难* \| *遇难	to perish / to be killed	遇難 HSK 7-9


好借好还，再借不难 hǎojièhǎohuán, zàijièbùnán	好借…不难 \| 好借…不难* \| *好借…不难	see 有借有還，再借不難｜有借有还，再借不难	好借好還，再借不難


海难 hǎinàn	海难 \| 海难* \| *海难	perils of the sea	海難


留难 liúnàn	留难 \| 留难* \| *留难	to make sth difficult / to create obstacles	留難


强人所难 qiǎngrénsuǒnán	强人所难 \| 强人所难* \| *强人所难	to force someone to do something	強人所難


危难 wēinàn	危难 \| 危难* \| *危难	calamity	危難


急人之难 jírénzhīnàn	急人之难 \| 急人之难* \| *急人之难	anxious to help others resolve difficulties (idiom)	急人之難


可共患难 kěgònghuànnàn	可共患难 \| 可共患难* \| *可共患难	to go through thick and thin together (idiom)	可共患難


疑难 yínán	疑难 \| 疑难* \| *疑难	hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated	疑難


辩难 biànnàn	辩难 \| 辩难* \| *辩难	to debate / to retort / to refute	辯難


遭难 zāonàn	遭难 \| 遭难* \| *遭难	to run into misfortune	遭難


发难 fānàn	发难 \| 发难* \| *发难	to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions	發難


国难 guónàn	国难 \| 国难* \| *国难	national calamity	國難


犯难 fànnán	犯难 \| 犯难* \| *犯难	to feel embarrassed / to feel awkward	犯難


勉为其难 miǎnwéiqínán	勉为其难 \| 勉为其难* \| *勉为其难	to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly	勉為其難


苦难 kǔnàn	苦难 \| 苦难* \| *苦难	suffering	苦難 HSK 7-9


进退两难 jìntuìliǎngnán	进退两难 \| 进退两难* \| *进退两难	no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation	進退兩難


左右为难 zuǒyòuwéinán	左右为难 \| 左右为难* \| *左右为难	(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma	左右為難


有借有还，再借不难 yǒujièyǒuhuán, zàijièbùnán	有借…不难 \| 有借…不难* \| *有借…不难	return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)	有借有還，再借不難


逃难 táonàn	逃难 \| 逃难* \| *逃难	to run away from trouble / to flee from calamity / to be a refugee	逃難


克难 kènán	克难 \| 克难* \| *克难	to make do in difficult circumstances by being resourceful / (of circumstances) difficult / challenging / (of a budget) tight / (of a man-made thing) makeshift / rough and ready	克難


罹难 línàn	罹难 \| 罹难* \| *罹难	to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed	罹難


排除万难 páichúwànnán	排除万难 \| 排除万难* \| *排除万难	to overcome all obstacles / to overcome countless difficulties	排除萬難


救难 jiùnàn	救难 \| 救难* \| *救难	to rescue / rescue (operation, workers)	救難


临难 línnàn	临难 \| 临难* \| *临难	in peril / facing disaster	臨難


万难 wànnán	万难 \| 万难* \| *万难	countless difficulties / extremely difficult / against all odds	萬難


请神容易送神难 qǐngshénróngyìsòngshénnán	请神…神难 \| 请神…神难* \| *请神…神难	it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away	請神容易送神難


毁家纾难 huǐjiāshūnàn	毁家纾难 \| 毁家纾难* \| *毁家纾难	to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)	毀家紓難


受难 shòunàn	受难 \| 受难* \| *受难	to suffer a calamity / to suffer (e.g. under torture) / distress	受難


阿难 Ēnán	阿难 \| 阿难* \| *阿难	Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple	阿難


咽下困难 yànxiàkùnnán	咽下困难 \| 咽下困难* \| *咽下困难	dysphagia (medicine)	嚥下困難


防空避难 fángkōngbìnàn	防空避难 \| 防空避难* \| *防空避难	(Tw) evacuation to an air-raid shelter	防空避難


排忧解难 páiyōujiěnàn	排忧解难 \| 排忧解难* \| *排忧解难	to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)	排憂解難


责难 zénàn	责难 \| 责难* \| *责难	to censure	責難


阻难 zǔnàn	阻难 \| 阻难* \| *阻难	to thwart / to impede	阻難


左右两难 zuǒyòuliǎngnán	左右两难 \| 左右两难* \| *左右两难	(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma	左右兩難


山难 shānnàn	山难 \| 山难* \| *山难	mountain accident	山難


蒙难 méngnàn	蒙难 \| 蒙难* \| *蒙难	to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger	蒙難


面临困难 miànlínkùnnán	面临困难 \| 面临困难* \| *面临困难	to be faced with problems	面臨困難


难 nàn	难 \| 难* \| *难	disaster / distress / to scold	難


高难 gāonán	高难 \| 高难* \| *高难	extremely difficult / hard and dangerous / challenging	高難


劫难 jiénàn	劫难 \| 劫难* \| *劫难	calamity	劫難


大难 dànàn	大难 \| 大难* \| *大难	great catastrophe	大難


吞咽困难 tūnyànkùnnán	吞咽困难 \| 吞咽困难* \| *吞咽困难	dysphagia (medicine)	吞嚥困難


多灾多难 duōzāiduōnàn	多灾多难 \| 多灾多难* \| *多灾多难	to be plagued with misfortunes / precarious	多災多難


死难 sǐnàn	死难 \| 死难* \| *死难	to die in an accident / to die for a just cause	死難


由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难 yóujiǎnrùshēyì, yóushērùjiǎnnán	由俭…俭难 \| 由俭…俭难* \| *由俭…俭难	(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy	由儉入奢易，由奢入儉難


万事起头难 wànshìqǐtóunán	万事起头难 \| 万事起头难* \| *万事起头难	the first step is the hardest (idiom)	萬事起頭難


进退为难 jìntuìwéinán	进退为难 \| 进退为难* \| *进退为难	no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation	進退為難


难上加难 nánshàngjiānán	难上加难 \| 难上加难* \| *难上加难	extremely difficult / even more difficult	難上加難


非难 fēinàn	非难 \| 非难* \| *非难	reproof / blame	非難


安难 ānnàn	安难 \| 安难* \| *安难	(classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity	安難


躲难 duǒnàn	躲难 \| 躲难* \| *躲难	to take refuge / to seek refuge from disaster	躲難


逃灾避难 táozāibìnàn	逃灾避难 \| 逃灾避难* \| *逃灾避难	to seek refuge from calamities	逃災避難


攻坚克难 gōngjiānkènán	攻坚克难 \| 攻坚克难* \| *攻坚克难	to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges	攻堅克難


政治避难 zhèngzhìbìnàn	政治避难 \| 政治避难* \| *政治避难	political asylum	政治避難


百般刁难 bǎibāndiāonàn	百般刁难 \| 百般刁难* \| *百般刁难	(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties	百般刁難


比登天还难 bǐdēngtiānháinán	比登天还难 \| 比登天还难* \| *比登天还难	lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task	比登天還難


碍难 àinán	碍难 \| 碍难* \| *碍难	inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing	礙難


患难 huànnàn	患难 \| 患难* \| *患难	trials and tribulations	患難


落难 luònàn	落难 \| 落难* \| *落难	to meet with misfortune / to fall into dire straits	落難


殉难 xùnnàn	殉难 \| 殉难* \| *殉难	to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster	殉難


便难 biànnàn	便难 \| 便难* \| *便难	retort with challenging questions / debate	便難


畏难 wèinán	畏难 \| 畏难* \| *畏难	to be daunted by challenges	畏難


难上难 nánshàngnán	难上难 \| 难上难* \| *难上难	extremely difficult / even more difficult	難上難


质难 zhìnàn	质难 \| 质难* \| *质难	to blame	質難


在家千日好，出门一时难 zàijiāqiānrìhǎo, chūményīshínán	在家…时难 \| 在家…时难* \| *在家…时难	lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home	在家千日好，出門一時難


急难 jínàn	急难 \| 急难* \| *急难	misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament	急難


魔难 mónàn	魔难 \| 魔难* \| *魔难	variant of 磨難｜磨难	魔難

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