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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

难以自已nán yǐ zì yǐ

cannot control oneself (idiom) / to be beside oneself

难伺候nán cì hou

(coll.) hard to please / high-maintenance

难住nán zhù

to baffle / to stump

难兄难弟nàn xiōng nàn dì

(idiom) companions in hardship / fellow sufferers

难分难舍nán fēn nán shě

loath to part (idiom) / emotionally close and unwilling to separate

难分难解nán fēn nán jiě

to become caught up in an irresolvable situation (idiom)

难喝nán hē

unpleasant to drink

难字nán zì

character that is difficult to recognize or write

难弹nán tán

hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)

难得一见nán dé yī jiàn

rarely seen

难舍难分nán shě nán fēn

loath to part (idiom) / emotionally close and unwilling to separate

难舍难离nán shě nán lí

loath to part (idiom) / emotionally close and unwilling to separate

难捱nán ái

trying / difficult

难搞nán gǎo

hard to deal with / hard to get along with

难于接近nán yú jiē jìn

(of people) difficult to approach / inaccessible

难于登天nán yú dēng tiān

harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)

难易nán yì

difficulty / degree of difficulty or ease

难测nán cè

hard to fathom

难为nán wei

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)

难熬nán áo

(of pain or hardship) hard to bear

难缠nán chán

(usu. of people) difficult / demanding / troublesome / unreasonable / hard to deal with

难能可贵nán néng kě guì

rare and precious / valuable / remarkable

难行nán xíng

hard to pass

难解nán jiě

hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo

难解难分nán jiě nán fēn

hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle

难记nán jì

hard to remember

难走nán zǒu

hard to get to / difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)

难辞其咎nán cí qí jiù

cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame

难逃法网nán táo fǎ wǎng

It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law

一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn

(lit.) an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / (fig.) time is precious

一木难支yī mù nán zhī

lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone

一言既出,驷马难追yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī

lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom) / a promise must be kept

世上无难事,只怕有心人shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén

see 天下無難事,只怕有心人|天下无难事,只怕有心人[tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén]

人心难测rén xīn nán cè

hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)

便难biàn nàn

retort with challenging questions / debate

克难kè nán

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

共患难gòng huàn nàn

to go through hardship together

劫数难逃jié shù nán táo

Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.

勉为其难miǎn wéi qí nán

to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly

千军易得,一将难求qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú

Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)

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