"Difficult" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 kùn nan difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation
 jiān nán difficult / hard / challenging
 jiān kǔ difficult / hard / arduous
 biè niu awkward / difficult / uncomfortable / not agreeing / at loggerheads / gauche
 nán difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
 bù yì not easy to do sth / difficult / unchanging
 jiān xīn hardships / arduous / difficult
 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult / demanding / troublesome / unreasonable / hard to deal with
 jiān difficult / hard / hardship
 zhūn difficult / stingy
 jiǎn lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
 náo tóu tricky / problematic / difficult / to scratch one's head (in puzzlement)
 nán ái trying / difficult
 yán jùn tight / strict / severe / stern / difficult
 nán guò to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
 nán tí difficult problem
 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult
 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably
 kùn huò bewildered / perplexed / confused / difficult problem / perplexity
 nán shòu to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)
 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.)
 shēn chǔ in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by
 yí nán hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated
 jiān jù arduous / terrible (task) / very difficult / formidable
 guò bu qù to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through
 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
 liǎng nán dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice
 nán bǎo hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve
 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague sb / to preoccupy sb / difficult to get rid of
 gōng jiān to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission
 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility
 fā nàn to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions
 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
 diāo nàn to be hard on sb / to deliberately make things difficult
 dù rì to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
 bù zài huà xià to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
 nán chǎn difficult birth / (fig.) difficult to achieve
 kuáng fēng bào yǔ howling wind and torrential rain (idiom) / (fig.) difficult, dangerous situation
 wán zhèng stubborn illness / disease that is difficult to treat
 nán dǒng difficult to understand
 jiān xiǎn difficult and dangerous / hardships and perils
 pái yōu jiě nàn to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
 kùn jú dilemma / predicament / difficult situation
 cháng tú bá shè long and difficult trek
 huì sè difficult to understand / cryptic
 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path
 rě bu qǐ can't afford to offend / dare not provoke / difficult to deal with / insufferable
 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road
 cùn bù nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
 nán zǒu hard to get to / difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)
 nào biè niu to be difficult with sb / to provoke disagreement / at loggerheads / to fall out with
 wàn nán countless difficulties / extremely difficult / against all odds
 xiǎn zǔ dangerous and difficult (path)
 qǔ gāo hè guǎ difficult songs find few singers (idiom) / highbrow
 gāo nán extremely difficult / hard and dangerous / challenging
 wàn shì kāi tóu nán every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part
 liú nàn to make sth difficult / to create obstacles
 kùn è in deep water / difficult situation
 kū mù féng chūn lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom) / fig. to get a new lease on life / to be revived / (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
穿 chuān xiǎo xié lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) / to make life difficult for sb
 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]
 ài nán inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing
 jí difficult to pronounce
 áo difficult to pronounce
 gū zhǎng nán míng It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
 pá shān shè shuǐ to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom) / fig. to make a long and difficult journey
 mó chǔ chéng zhēn to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
穿 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
 ài nán cóng mìng difficult to obey orders (idiom) / much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
 fù shuǐ nán shōu spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
 zhī yì xíng nán easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
 miǎn wéi qí nán to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly
 kǔ chāi hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore
 cì r tóu an awkward person / a difficult person to deal with
 biè contrary / difficult / awkward
 dǎ héng pào to butt in / to interfere / to make things difficult
 kèn to push down / to make things difficult / to take by force
 pò jiǎn chéng dié lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period
 láo láo lù lù tiring / difficult to get by / painful
 qiān nán wàn nán extremely difficult
 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
 zuò là to be embarrassed / to be put in a difficult situation
 yá àn cliff / steep slope / fig. arrogant and difficult person
 bā bā jiē jiē to manage with difficulty / only just getting by / in a difficult position
 zhé cuò to frustrate / to inhibit / to make things difficult
 fàng diāo to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
 shù shǐ nán zhé lit. bundled arrows are difficult to break / there is strength in unity (idiom)
 jiā bǎn cangue / fig. difficult situation
 yì jué kùn nan to find sth increasingly difficult
便 xíng dòng bù biàn unable to move freely / difficult to get about
 duǒ fēng lit. to avoid the wind / fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation / to stay out of trouble
退 jìn tuì bù dé can't advance or retreat (idiom) / no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position
 nán yǐ shí xiàn hard to accomplish / difficult to achieve
 nán yú jiē jìn (of people) difficult to approach / inaccessible
 nán hùn difficult to arrange
 nán wéi difficult to do / difficult to manage
 shuāng lù frost and dew / fig. difficult conditions
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