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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *难* | 难* | *难
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
HSK 1
to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
HSK 2
difficult problem
HSK 2
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
HSK 2
unpleasant to hear / coarse / vulgar / offensive / shameful
HSK 2
ugly / unsightly
HSK 2
degree of difficulty
HSK 3
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
HSK 3
hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably
HSK 4
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
HSK 5
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
unforgettable
HSK 6
difficulty
HSK 7-9
trouble; difficulty; problem
HSK 7-9
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
HSK 7-9
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
embarrassed
HSK 7-9
(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
HSK 7-9
(it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that)
HSK 7-9
hard to take / embarrassed
HSK 7-9
rarely seen
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *难* | 难* | *难
disaster / distress / to scold
unpalatable
to baffle / to confound / to stump
to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)
hard to endure / unbearable
hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc)
hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve
refugee
difficult to understand
(of pain or hardship) hard to bear
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo
extremely difficult / even more difficult
lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other
brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat
hard to fathom
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
rare and precious / valuable / remarkable
cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame
difficult birth / (fig.) difficult to achieve
(usu. of people) difficult / demanding / troublesome / unreasonable / hard to deal with
hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom); inextricably involved / locked in battle
to become caught up in an irresolvable situation (idiom)
harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
extremely difficult / even more difficult
hard to deal with / hard to get along with
difficulty / degree of difficulty or ease
hard to remember
hard to pass
refugee camp
unpleasant to drink
hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)
Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经
character that is difficult to recognize or write
hard to accomplish / difficult to achieve
cannot control oneself (idiom) / to be beside oneself
(coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
(of people) difficult to approach / inaccessible
a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness
It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law
not to pose a problem for sb / cannot stump sb
Is it possible that ... ?
hard to deal with / hard to handle
elusive / hard to pin down / enigmatic
unsusceptible to change / deeply entrenched
hard to understand / incomprehensible
to baffle; to stump
loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
trying / difficult
unpleasant smell / stink
hard to get to / difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)


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