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


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