can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
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extremely difficult
memorial
sufferer / a victim of a calamity / a person in distress
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
dysphagia (medicine)
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom) / refusing to contribute to charity / skinflint / miserly
dysphagia (medicine)
the problem is...
national calamity
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
unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
to be plagued with misfortunes / precarious
much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom) / calamity that prompts renewal
great catastrophe
one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)
(lit.) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / (fig.) persistence will overcome
Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom) / intolerable behavior
see 有借有還，再借不難|有借有还，再借不难[]
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
(classical) (of soldiers etc) resolute in the face of adversity
every family has its problems (idiom)
see 寸步難行|寸步难行[]
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
mountain accident
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment.
to impose demanding and strict conditions (esp. in training) / to train under deliberately difficult and strict conditions
anxious to help others resolve difficulties (idiom)
misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament
sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom) / irreconcilable division
a friend in times of tribulations (idiom) / a friend in need is a friend indeed
true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
(idiom) insatiably greedy
to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom) / to reconcile differences
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom) / fig. impossible to escape
lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom) / fig. innumerable (crimes)
to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27